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Agreed. If, in 1997/98, the ipv6 spec had been "prefix 2 more 8 bit values at the beginning" - and all existing addresses moved in to 0.0.a.b.c.d - we could ha
by lowercased 5y ago
Agreed. If, in 1997/98, the ipv6 spec had been "prefix 2 more 8 bit values at the beginning" - and all existing addresses moved in to 0.0.a.b.c.d - we could have had a much easier path for migration (imo). And yes, it wouldn't have been "128 bit!" but we still would have had 255 more address spaces of 4 billion each, which would have bought us some more time. I think we'd have been further along that migration path than where we are now, after 23 years.
- mprovost 5y agoI mean we've managed to stretch v4 for 20 years longer than anyone thought possible. Adding one more bit to the address would have doubled the size of the v4 space, so another 8 bits would have been plenty.
- lowercased 5y agoYep. But... "now every star in our galaxy can have their own /16 block!". That's a paraphrased recollection I have from some networking colleague in '98 when this all was coming down. It seemed a strange goal, and I'm presuming he was just trying to illustrate how 'vast' IPv6 was.