[Info-vax] implementing IPv6 on the internet

David Froble davef at tsoft-inc.com
Wed Sep 21 12:59:46 EDT 2016


Richard Levitte wrote:
> Den onsdag 21 september 2016 kl. 16:31:50 UTC+2 skrev Chris:
>> On 09/21/16 12:16, Dirk Munk wrote:
>>> That IPv4 is broken has been known for over 25 years by now. Its 32 bit
>>> address space is ridiculously small for what we want to do with it.
>>  >
>>
>> Yes, we know all this, but IPV6 is not necessarily the best solution for
>> all such network problems.
> 
> It doesn't have to be "the best solution", it just has to be better.  Plus, IPv6 is already deployed even though not everywhere, that's a plus as well.  If you'd want to replace IPv4 with something today, what would you choose, pragmatically speaking?

That assumes he wants to replace IPv4 today ....

And I think that's the point ....



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