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So glad I'm not the only one that has thought this. Every time an IPv6 discussion comes up I think to myself "why couldn't we just make IPv4 addresses longer".
by Thorentis 5y ago
So glad I'm not the only one that has thought this. Every time an IPv6 discussion comes up I think to myself "why couldn't we just make IPv4 addresses longer".
IPv6 tried to solve too many problems at once. We should've just focused on solving the address exhaustion issue. Instead, we have a very slow roll out of IPv6, and awful stuff like CG-NAT taking permanent hold.
- saurik 5y agoThis is a fairly common opinion, FWIW, though sadly not one widespread enough to be zeitgeist. There were some really great article explanations of this that I am not finding right now as I am not allocating enough time to it, but like here is some other commentary from Hacker News saying the same thing. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17344911 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17344911