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Re: IPv8 < IPv6


From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra () scfn thpl lib fl us>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 11:42:05 -0500

On Thu, Nov 06, 1997 at 10:16:56AM -0600, Jim Fleming wrote:
There is a natural routing hierarchy with IPv8
addressing....8 regions, 256 distribution centers
in each region and full 32 bit Internets from there.
IPv8 addresses can fit inside the IPv6 address fields.

The problem here, as I see it, is that this _imposes_ a hierarchical
structure onto the physical design on the net, which has not been the
observed pattern of growth.

Cheers,
-- jra
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