Skype 8 does not support ipv6

[Philipp Kern]

On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 03:36:28PM +0100, Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 07:10:24AM -0700, Cameron Byrne wrote:
> > Yet another year goes by, and Skype still remains one of the most popular
> > apps, and thus its ipv4 dependence blocks meaningful ipv6-only adoption.
> > Skype  is the poster child of ipv4 dependence.  This engineering failure at
> > Microsoft (owns Skype) pushes cost on to other actors in the internet
> > ecosystem and is a market failure where a more costly and more cgn broken
> > internet is the result.  See the official tweet below stating no support.
> Ahem. Let me take the role advocati diaboli:
> 
> The whole business model of Skype is to provide NAT-proof VOIP.
> With end-to-end-connectivity hopefully restored by IPv6, where
> would be the point of investing manpower for it?

Stateful firewalls?

Kind regards
Philipp Kern