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A comment on Ask HN: Would it be easier to make Ipv4 A.B.C.D.E vs. implimenting Ipv6?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Would it be easier to make Ipv4 A.B.C.D.E vs. imp... by tinus_hn on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @07:22AM (#17958682)
IPv6 involves more than 128 bit addresses though. It would have been possible to create IPv4 but with longer addresses, even if that would have been a wasted opportunity for improvement and would have presented new scaling issues.
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