Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 21 Nov 1996 06:35:34 -0500 (EST) | From | "Mark H. Wood" <> | Subject | Re: IPv6 and the "average user" |
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On 20 Nov 1996, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > Followup to: <199611201101.LAA11593@oberon.di.fc.ul.pt> > By author: Pedro Roque <roque@di.fc.ul.pt> > In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > > Which is quite natural as nobody in it's right mind would want to route > > variable length addresses. Variable length fields should only exist in > > data to be processed in slow paths. Anyway, 128 bits is more than enought > > for IPv6. Note that the 32 bits where a good choice for IPv4.
Hey! I disagree. OSI variable-length addresses seem to work okay and have several useful properties that I don't see elsewhere.
> Quite true, but the IPv6 address space is expected to be exhausted in > 30 years. The switch from IPv4 to IPv6 is going to be painful, but > that is nothing compared to what switching standard protocol stacks in > the late 2020's would be like...!
There's one now. :-)
Maybe this thread should move to another list/newsgroup/whatever.
Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer MWOOD@INDYVAX.IUPUI.EDU Those who will not learn from history are doomed to reimplement it.
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