[afripv6-discuss] IPv6 Magic --- New from Microsoft --- SecureDirectAccess end to end

[Leo Vegoda]

Hi Latif,

> Regardless of the reasons and motivations, we need to have in each African
> country some hands-on testbeds even small to learn the steps to take to
> integrate v6 in their networks. This is just simple plumbing and only
> qualified engineers will be able to do this properly as a show case and
> guide folks into the right direction.

Indeed. But no-one has argued against testbeds or training and education. 

Instead, I'm concerned that when you state "this will allow the African countries to build email servers to be reached securely from anywhere especially ministers that visit the ITU" you don't give due regard to the decisions taken by the network and systems engineers who built the currently deployed networks. There are plenty of good reasons for mail servers not to be directly connected to the Internet and there are also ways to connect securely to mail servers behind NATs.

No-one disputes that this new technology could be put to good use or that education is a good thing, just that it is not necessary to implement this particular technology to provide support for remote access to e-mail.

Regards,

Leo