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No, too much software and hardware relies on fitting the IP address into 32 bits. That means the only way to increase the number of addresses is in a way a cle
by mkl 2y ago
No, too much software and hardware relies on fitting the IP address into 32 bits. That means the only way to increase the number of addresses is in a way a clean break, so we might as well increase the number to a ludicrous size, far beyond what we can imagine practically exceeding, like IPv6's 128 bits.