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It's kind of a misunderstanding to say that IPv6 became official in 2017. The IETF has multiple standardization levels, with Proposed Standard being the first
by ekr____ 3y ago
It's kind of a misunderstanding to say that IPv6 became official in 2017.
The IETF has multiple standardization levels, with Proposed Standard being the first and Internet Standard being the last (there used to be Draft Standard in between but it was eliminated). Proposed Standards are deemed ready for deployment and lots of important protocols (e.g., TLS, QUIC, etc.) are at Proposed Standard. IPv6 went to PS in 1998, and people have been trying to deploy it ever since, so it's really more like 25+ years since it was official.