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Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion


From: "Ricky Beam" <jfbeam () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:23:36 -0400

On Wed, 15 Jul 2015 15:20:08 -0400, Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> wrote:
That's the big difference - IPv6 has been designed to provide abundant
address space.

There is no amount of fixed address space that can't be consumed with stupid allocation policies.

True. However, are you making the argument that any of the current or proposed allocation policies are, in fact, stupid in such a way that this is likely?

What seems like a great idea today becomes tomorrow's "what the f*** were they thinking".


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