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IPV6 is basically 64 bits for routing and 64 bits for the local network segment. Seems plausible that it's faster than trying to mask out the bits you need.
by sliken 9y ago
IPV6 is basically 64 bits for routing and 64 bits for the local network segment. Seems plausible that it's faster than trying to mask out the bits you need.
- mixmastamyk 9y agoWhy not 32:32? Shouldn’t four billion internets be enough?
- kstrauser 9y agoHierarchy is nice, though. If you can model the bits as a tree, it becomes super quick to figure out where to route a packet. You can model stuff like that trivially with an FPGA.
- tempay 9y agoProbably, but having a 2^64 tolerance factor isn't a bad idea given how difficult moving from IPv4 is proving to be. This way we have ~1 IP address per 6 micrograms in the solar system, or per 3.4 tonnes in the galaxy.