There was a longer article on this, linked a few weeks back (actually written in 2002). TL;DR: this would work, except for a completely minor issue: a large-sc

There was a longer article on this, linked a few weeks back (actually written in 2002). TL;DR: this would work, except for a completely minor issue: a large-scale HW+SW overhaul of everything up and down the net stack would be necessary before this extension would work (just as with IPv6). Therefore, no significant benefit over IPv6 (plus a bunch of brand new, IPv4.1 specific problems). https://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2016-01-06-20-54_ipv6_non_alternatives_djbs_article_13_years_later.html https://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2016-01-06-20-54_ipv6_non_a...