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IPv4 - first come first served, with a 24 karat FU to the 3rd world countries. It is their fault that they are poor. IPv6 - still the same, but the space is la
by orangeboats 6mo ago
IPv4 - first come first served, with a 24 karat FU to the 3rd world countries. It is their fault that they are poor.
IPv6 - still the same, but the space is large enough that any first-mover advantage is minuscule.
- labcomputer 6mo agoI think that's a bit uncharitable. 32 bits seemed practically infinite at the time IPv4 was created, and the whole thing started as a way for the American military-industrial-research complex to communicate with itself anyway. Why would you even want to assign addresses on your defense network to foreign adversaries? Now that it's a commercial thing, a more equitable distribution would have, with hindsight, been a good thing.