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I'm pretty naive about this stuff, but IMO IPv6 is a lot more empowering than v4. You aren't dependent on some owner of v4 addresses for access, you don't need
by camgunz 2y ago
I'm pretty naive about this stuff, but IMO IPv6 is a lot more empowering than v4. You aren't dependent on some owner of v4 addresses for access, you don't need to manage--and aren't forced into--NAT, and you (probably) get to use all of your ports.
My conspiracy theories about why v6 hasn't taken off are: people make money off v4 leases, and email spam blacklists become pretty useless in v6. But again, very naive here.
- wakeupcall 2y agoThe more likely reality is that we have a lot of v4-only hw in place with lifespan of 20+ years. Those devices won't go away. Heck, I work on embedded, and having a dual-stack system is just a PITA to deal with. If v6 would have been fully retro-compatible this wouldn't have been something to think about, but you can't drop v4 and there's no future in sight where v6 will be the only choice (we'll have dual-stack for a looooong time), so we just push the problem up the chain. There are plenty of systems being developed _now_ which are still v4 only as a result.
- camgunz 2y agoTotally agree. I'm a little embarrassed by it tbh; to me it feels like a big failure of nerd governance. We should be able to manage this, but I think we're pretty close to having to admit that we can't.