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Re:I spent a week without IPv4 to understand IPv6 transition... by p1mrx on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @01:33PM (#35059161)
That's difficult to memorize, just like it would be difficult to memorize the mailing address for a random hut in Africa. The world is a big place, so unique addresses are necessarily long.

If I wanted a memorable local address like 10.10.53.24, I'd pick fd53::24 or something.

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