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IPv6 is Here

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-kinda-anyway dept.

shawn(at)fsu writes "Reuters is running a story that Vinton Cerf of the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) says that "IPv6 been added to its root server systems" I like how they said that it will run along side IPv4 for 20 years to get rid of the bugs. A few previous Slashdot stories out of many here, here and here"

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  1. My IPv6 Rant by GeorgeH · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I posted How the Internet is broken, how to fix it, and why that's not going to happen, a rant about IPv6 adoption, to my personal site.

    Basic idea - include IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling software in Linksys routers. This would allow people to run IPv6 networks in their houses and talk to IPv6 networks elsewhere. This would fix a lot of problems that NAT introduces, and would sidestep the wait for IPv6 ISPs. It would also provide enough of a user base to encourage application developers to include IPv6 support.

    Of course, this would kill Linksys' NAT router sales, so they have no incentive to do so, but I like to think it's a good idea.

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  2. Re:v6 could help solve some net problems by jerde · · Score: 5, Interesting
    IPv6 is big enough to give a class C subnet to every living person on the planet

    Um. IPv6 is big enough to give a Class A subnet to every living person on the planet.

    It's big enough to route an entire IPv4 numberspace to every living person on the planet, and to each of their pets, favorite invisible friends, and pieces of furniture.

    2^128 is a big, big number.

    The point is, they'll be able to "waste" huge swaths of the that numberspace as they build the routing hierarchy, making the network more scalable.

    I'm worried about remembering ssh 2031:0000:130F:0000:0000:09C0:876A:130B

    :)

    - Peter

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