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I think this post convincingly argues that there exists a world (but not ours, due to path dependence) where IPv6 is a better design: https://apenwarr.ca/log/2
by senkora 3y ago
I think this post convincingly argues that there exists a world (but not ours, due to path dependence) where IPv6 is a better design: https://apenwarr.ca/log/20170810 https://apenwarr.ca/log/20170810
- dang 3y agoRelated: The world in which IPv6 was a good design (2017) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37116487 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37116487 - Aug 2023 (306 comments) The world in which IPv6 was a good design (2017) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25568766 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25568766 - Dec 2020 (131 comments) The world in which IPv6 was a good design (2017) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20167686 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20167686 - June 2019 (238 comments)
- Dagger2 3y agoNot really, it just spends a lot of time waffling on about bus networks and mobile IPs and then makes some weird claims about the IETF that don't seem to match reality. v6 is designed the way it is precisely because it needs to run on the same networks that v4 does, and v6 is a better design than v4 in our world because our world has completely outgrown v4.