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Re:The IPv6 Numeric IP Format Is a Usability Problem by lolc on Friday February 19, 2016 @07:13PM (#11137785)
Using a special TLD for IP6 addressing is the sanest proposal I've read here so far. Add the ip4 TLD while we're at it.

I just had this dystopian vision where a non-profit operated .ip6 to work as discussed then went defunct and a domain-grabber (named Network Solutions) bought it. Everybody scrambled to patch their recursive resolvers real fast :-)

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Re:The IPv6 Numeric IP Format Is a Usability Problem by anon4 on Friday February 19, 2016 @08:41PM (#11138202)
If it catches on, I expect it to be built into every dns library so it does not even hit the network. The idea of grabbing the TLD and then redirecting to a middleman that inserts ads sounds quite profitable though...
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