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I propose a real simple solution: Major providers pledge to take this seriously. They toss a rule in their routers that just drops all ipv4, for 1 minute, star
by myself248 4y ago
I propose a real simple solution:
Major providers pledge to take this seriously. They toss a rule in their routers that just drops all ipv4, for 1 minute, starting at noon UTC. At 12:01 UTC, revert the change and ipv4 works again. Do this every day.
The following week, up it to 2 minutes.
The incentive will happen.
- jl6 4y agoOf course it’s simple if you have the capability to compel coordinated action across a globally-distributed disparate-and-not-easily-definable group of stakeholders whose incentives typically do not align.
- rhacker 4y agoWhile I think this would effectively move the needle, as soon as they announce that this is going to happen, I am guessing heart monitors, ankle brace companies (people in home jail) and a slew of weird other use cases will pop up as major problems and the effort will fail.
- myself248 4y agoAll of those things should be able to cope with a 1-minute loss of connectivity already. To do otherwise would be astonishingly negligent.
- hanche 4y agoOr as a friend of mine suggested, more than ten years ago and only half in jest, I think: just block all porn sites on IPv4 (but not on IPv6). The demand for IPv6 will soon be overwhelming.
- temp2022acc 4y agoThat's a novel tactic, love it!