Re:AWS to Begin Charging for Public IPv4 Addresses
by dheera on Friday August 04, 2023 @03:09AM
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> If it is the use of colons instead of dots
Colons are inherently more frightening than dots, especially double colons, which seems like some badly written C++ class escaped from gaol. Dots feel friendly and cute, I would pet an IPv4 address.
> then I'm not sure you can be helped
Sure, and the rest of the planet hasn't adopted IPv6 either. It's a horrible UX.
Re:AWS to Begin Charging for Public IPv4 Addresses
by red_trumpet on Friday August 04, 2023 @03:57AM
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If I'm allowed to argue using unrelated topics and feelings, here you go ;)
> Colons are inherently more frightening than dots
I highly disagree. In traditional text usage, dots end a sentence. They are terminal. A symbol of stasis. Like death. Contrary to that, a colon always refers to something that comes after: it transcends itself, and wakes my curiosity. It is a symbol of growth and learning.
But that discussion aside, if you adopt the IPv4 naming scheme to the 128-bit IPv6 adresses, Google's DNS would be 8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.
I would never be confident that I put in the right number of 8's in that case. And I have a feeling that you being overwhelmed has more to do with the total increase of possibilities, than with hexadecimal notation.
I guess it shows that IPv6 was designed for computers, not humans. Because we need a vast number if IP adressses. And that is fine for me.