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iso1631today at 6:59 AM0 repliesview on HN

Ipv6 also creates real world problems that NAT solves -- multi upstream WAN with path selection for example

Dual stack introduces security problems (you now have two things to secure). There are still devices which will fail to run on an ipv6 network -- even with a 64 gateway (software which communicates to a specific IP address for example - e.g. a device which "checks internet connectivity" by pinging 1.1.1.1 and 8.8.8.8, yes it's terrible, and yes it happens)