Hi Guangliang,

On Aug 12, 2024, at 11:02 PM, Guangliang PAN <[email protected]> wrote:
> Use the same example I mentioned, IPv6 has a key benefit on anti-fake.[…]

The use cases you’ve described are remarkably similar to those used for 
https://www.gs1.org/standards. In practice, there are many reasons why systems 
like these were not universally accepted, not least were privacy-related and 
the fact that many in industry didn’t like the idea of their products being 
identified in a global registry.

> Technically speaking, the IPv6 address is assigned to a node hosts a page 
> (URL/FTP/whatever) containing the information about a non-electrical object. 
> The IPv6 address is always connected (online) and respond to any query from 
> the Internet. From this point of view, IPv6 address is not actually assigned 
> to non-electrical item but to the interface hosting the information on the 
> Internet about that item.

Since there has to be a gateway to represent/proxy/translate for non-connected 
objects, why not use a (free) PEN or a (free) self-generated UUID instead of 
(e.g.) having to pay yearly for an IPv6 prefix that will never be directly 
routed?

> RFC1881 - “IPv6 Address Allocation Management” created in 1995 defines how 
> IPv6 will be allocated […] There is NO mention of IPv6 could not be used for 
> non-electrical items.

> RFC4291 - “IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture” created in 2006 provides 
> guidance on how to use IPv6 in the networks. […] There is NO mention of how 
> to use IPv6 for non-electrical items.

There is also no mention of using IPv6 addresses as confetti, but that doesn’t 
suggest it would be a good idea.

There is an argument that can be made that IoT devices can/should be numbered 
with IPv6 as it seems likely that (eventually) the cost of 
hardware/software/power/etc. for implementing a full TCP/IP stack will fall 
sufficiently for it to make sense to use it instead of different/simplified 
protocols, although those devices should obtain their addresses via 
SLAAC/DHCPv6 to ensure routability. This obviously doesn’t apply to 
non-connectable objects.

Regards,
-drc


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