Good stuff Huge address space No need for NAT and other wacky hacks Much harder to portscan Simpler administration No need for stateful DHCP server No need for renumber when subnet gets filled up IPsec available by default Key management is still a big headache, still it's good to have ESP/AH available everywhere No NAT -> management is easier No NAT -> more p2p apps -> efficient use of network Extension header chain -> extensibility Multicast -> efficient use of network