Re:The world in which IPv6 was a good design
by pocksuppet on Sunday April 19, 2026 @07:43PM
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You would have ended up with a protocol identical to IPv6, but with fewer address bits.
If you add *any* address bits you've already broken protocol compatibility and you need to upgrade the entire world. While you're already upgrading the entire world, you should add so many address bits that we'll never need more, because it costs the same, and you may as well fix those other niggling problems as well, right?
If you add *any* address bits you've already broken protocol compatibility and you need to upgrade the entire world. While you're already upgrading the entire world, you should add so many address bits that we'll never need more, because it costs the same, and you may as well fix those other niggling problems as well, right?