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IPv6 is OK, but end user experience is horrible. > "It's hard to memorize or type plain IPv6 addresses" We should create a system to translate IPv6 address to
by drran 6y ago
IPv6 is OK, but end user experience is horrible.
> "It's hard to memorize or type plain IPv6 addresses"
We should create a system to translate IPv6 address to a phrase in English or user language, which is easy to memorize and type. E.g. "hoards of sleepy beefs" is much easier to remember, dictate over phone, or type (maybe even with autocompletion), than raw IPv6 address.
IPv6 is designed for computers. Humans need an adapter.
- M2Ys4U 6y agoThat adapter is called DNS
- theon144 6y agoYou don't understand - we've had DNS for a couple decades now, but I often have to deal with IP addresses directly still. Even if just to check where a given DNS record points to. The problem is that an ipv6 address is not something you can pronounce, recognize at a glance, or remember. All of these are unfortunately still things one has to do, despite there being name servers. The (proposed) solution is to have a 1:1 algorithm that translates an ipv6 address into a value that a human can work with. If I'm troubleshooting an issue on an ipv6 network, and my colleague asks me for the IP of a machine, I have no choice but to either text it to him, or painfully, tediously and error-pronely spell it out.
- ertian 6y agoYou can imagine similar arguments against IPv4 back in the day: "I used to only have to know what interface to send stuff to, and now I need this long complicated number?! What the hell is wrong with /etc/hosts?"