Re: IPv8 / BGP8 / CF

[Saku Ytti via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

On Thu, 30 Apr 2026 at 20:06, sronan--- via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:

> Deployed and Fully Deployed are two very different things, but this proposal would have the same problem getting 
> deployed that IPv6 does, which is why? For MOST users IPv4 still works.

Aye, problem isn't IPv6 but IPv4, which has annoying problem in that
it keeps working. Should that change, IPv6 would be adopted in a
hurry.

I earnestly believe we should have flag day, where bigtech agrees to
start dropping IPv4 in edge in like 2040-01-01 or some such. To create
strong signal that we're moving on, and that IPv6 only host becomes
something markets can accept. Anyone using IPv4 has to do the
translation on their end, IPv6-only networks not.

I don't think we will do that, but I think we should. I think IPv4 is
pretty significant antitrust issue, because addresses have accumulated
to legacy players and new entrants have additional hurtle to compete
against them.

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  ++ytti
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