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We're also arguing that it ought to become usable even in a /24: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-schoen-intarea-unicast-lowest-address/ https://datatrack
by schoen 4y ago
We're also arguing that it ought to become usable even in a /24: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-schoen-intarea-unicast-lowest-address/ https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-schoen-intarea-unicas...
It only requires changes within the LAN to accomplish this, since distant hosts are already not supposed to assume anything about how networks are or are not subnetted. (For instance, they don't know whether you're on a /24 or not.)
You can find some addresses ending a lot of zeroes that already work within
http://ec2-reachability.amazonaws.com/ http://ec2-reachability.amazonaws.com/
- preisschild 4y agoI still don't understand why, instead of doing something like this, not just switch to IPv6.
- schoen 4y agoIf you're operating a public site and you switch to IPv6-only, you'll no longer be reachable by the majority of the current Internet. That's a pretty big sacrifice for most people. If you're operating a public site and you don't switch to IPv6-only, for example by doing dual-stack, you'll still need IPv4 addresses. The challenge is that "just switch to IPv6" isn't something that you can do unilaterally if you need to talk to the rest of the Internet.