Along the same lines, I've always had the thought that the reason IPv6 adoption is taking so long is because encryption is actually built into the protocol.
What happens to all those billion dollar wiretapping facilities all over the country once they find out they can't just siphon internet traffic into their facilities anymore?
"Along the same lines, I've always had the thought that the reason IPv6 adoption is taking so long is because encryption is actually built into the protocol"
Are you talking about IPSec? This is still optional in IPv6 and available using IPv4.
I think the reason adoption is slow is that it's not easy to convince managers to allocate people and time to it... "So, it's not yet broken but you want to fix it?"
What happens to all those billion dollar wiretapping facilities all over the country once they find out they can't just siphon internet traffic into their facilities anymore?