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Why do you think IPv6 never took off? Do you think the format of addresses was less human readable, and therefore that’s what led to its slow adoption? What if
by 0x8BADF00D 8y ago
Why do you think IPv6 never took off? Do you think the format of addresses was less human readable, and therefore that’s what led to its slow adoption? What if the address was instead displayed as a mapping using a data format like JSON?
- toomuchtodo 8y agoNetworks found ways to reduce IPv4 usage, or support dual stack early on when necessary. Turns out every internet endpoint doesn't need to be directly addressable, and most Internet use cases are one to many (CDNs to eyeballs). https://www.nonog.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Altibox-An-IPv6-Story-NONOG-2017-01-min.pdf https://www.nonog.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Altibox-An-... https://www.networkworld.com/article/3254575/lan-wan/what-is-ipv6-and-why-aren-t-we-there-yet.html https://www.networkworld.com/article/3254575/lan-wan/what-is...
- q3k 8y agoBecause it takes effort and CAPEX to deploy it and most ISP are for-profit entities.