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I don't care for toasters with IP addresses. Which means we'll have toasters sporting some proprietary, dumber-than-IPv6, less-functional-than-IPv6, less-secur
by kjs3 12y ago
I don't care for toasters with IP addresses.
Which means we'll have toasters sporting some proprietary, dumber-than-IPv6, less-functional-than-IPv6, less-secure-than-IPv6, IP address equivalent on the IoT. With DRM preventing you from toasting bread not approved by the vendor. Because there will come a point where buying a toaster without IoT enablement (in the future, toast marketing is nichy but profitable) will be about as easy as buying a 2014 production TV that doesn't sport cable hookups.
Tilt at those windmills...
- andreasvc 12y agoNo need for anything proprietary, IPv4 + NAT suffices. Solves the common problem of me accessing the toaster, and leaves the less common problem of remote toaster operation to some kind of tunnel. IoT and everything getting an IPv6 address are interesting ideas, I just doubt whether people care about it enough for it to pan out. If it's not really necessary, it's difficult to justify the cost of switching.