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So what would have been an ideal length for you? I think the fixed separation into centrally and privately managed halves is a good idea. 48 + 48? Would that st

So what would have been an ideal length for you? I think the fixed separation into centrally and privately managed halves is a good idea. 48 + 48? Would that stop your critique? I guess that would cause all kind of alignment issues. 64 + 32? Probably enough, but the gain seems marginal to me.

bb88 6y ago
To be honest, other than running out of space, the length of an IP address has never truly mattered, because you don't typically use the IP address to access microsoft.com, e.g. Also routing uses subtrees, so we could have had just grown IPv4 with an extra 4 octets too. Does every cold virus need an IP address, no. But on the other hand it might make sense to give every planet and asteroid in the solar system one.