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> everything in v4x that happens to have the last 96 bits unset That's pretty much identical to 6in4 and similar proposals. The Internet really needs a varian
by xorcist 7mo ago
> everything in v4x that happens to have the last 96 bits unset
That's pretty much identical to 6in4 and similar proposals.
The Internet really needs a variant of the "So, you have an anti spam proposal" meme that used to be popular. Yes, it kill fresh ideas in the bud sometimes, but it also helps establish a cultural baseline for what is constructive discussion.
Nobody needs to hear about the same old ideas that were subsumed by IPv6 because they required a flag day, delayed address exhaustion only about six months, or exploded routing tables to impossible sizes.
If you have new ideas, let's hear them, but the discussion around v6 has been on constant repeat since before it was finalized and that's not useful to anyone.
- lxgr 7mo agoI feel like the greatest vindication of v6 is that I’m reading the same old arguments served over a quietly working v6 connection more often than not. While people were busy betting on the non-adoption of v6, it just happened. —Sent from my IPv6 phone
- setr 7mo agoI don’t know if it anyone was really making bets around it… it’s just kind of individually meaningless to implement support for until it’s already popular, because you still have to support IPv4 in full until the day you can remove it entirely
- throw0101d 7mo ago> The Internet really needs a variant of the "So, you have an anti spam proposal" meme that used to be popular. For those unfamiliar: * https://craphound.com/spamsolutions.txt https://craphound.com/spamsolutions.txt
- dullcrisp 7mo agoPublic reluctance to accept weird new forms of money has turned out to be a myth.
- marcus_holmes 7mo agoI don't think that's true. There are a ton of weird coins around, sure, but no-one is using them as money. I still have to stump up actual dollars backed by a government if I want to buy a coffee.
- billpg 7mo agoThis wasn't a proposal, but an alternate history. The world where the people who wished for IPv4 but with extra address space get their way. By the end I come down on being happy with we're in the IPv6 world, but wishing interoperability could be slicker.