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One thing I cannot understand about the transition to ipv6 is why weren't all ipv4 addresses converted via encoding to ipv6. This way ipv4 and ipv6 could talk
by nashashmi 10y ago
One thing I cannot understand about the transition to ipv6 is why weren't all ipv4 addresses converted via encoding to ipv6. This way ipv4 and ipv6 could talk to each other.
And all service websites could jump on the ipv6 bandwagon without hiccups.
By encoding, I mean every ipv4 segment would be encoded as a hexadecimal set and that would be merged into an ipv6 category under a special prefix.
- calumrobinson 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6to4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6to4
- XorNot 10y agoThat is not the problem. The problem is how does a 32 bit address represent all possible 128 bit addresses? It can't, period. Ipv4 devices cannot route to ipv6.
- wmf 10y agoThat sounds like a good idea until you try to implement it and discover all the problems: http://archive.is/eHvKF http://archive.is/eHvKF HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10854570 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10854570