On 1/12/11 10:23 PM, Mark Smith wrote: > On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:10:03 -0800 > Randy Bush <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > the first global-scale trial of IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to >> > the Internet's main communications protocol known as IPv4. >> >> this phrasing is both amusing and deeply sad. amusing because many folk >> have been running ipv6 globaly for over a decade. deeply sad because >> this is taken to be shiny and new as we approach the end of the iana >> ipv4 free pool. what have people been smoking? >> > > IPv4. > > Every now and then it is worth remembering that IPv4 was a protocol > that was designed for a small experimental network that managed to > escape into production. How long it has been usable is actually quite > remarkable, and has only been achieved through a series of neat hacks > like classes, subnets and CIDR.
And NAPT, and VPNs, and short IP leases, and... FWIW, Cisco's jumping in with Google, FB, et. al. http://blogs.cisco.com/news/world-ipv6-day-working-together-towards-a-new-internet-protocol/ Have a nice weekend, - Mark > > > Regards, > Mark. > > >
