← Back to context Comment by andrewshadura 1 year ago You can't "just" extend the IPv4 address space while keeping the compatibility. 3 comments andrewshadura Reply bvrmn 1 year ago Extending src/dst in current IPv4 protocol headers is much easier than adopting a completely new suite. quectophoton 1 year ago > Extending src/dst in current IPv4 protocol headers is much easier than adopting a completely new suite.And that's precisely why that was also one of the competing proposals back then, so that tells me that just being easier probably wasn't enough.You can search for RFC 1475 ("IPv7") and its surrounding history. bvrmn 1 year ago Yes I know. And IPv6 win because it's an objectively a superior standard. No politics and all committee garbage of course.
bvrmn 1 year ago Extending src/dst in current IPv4 protocol headers is much easier than adopting a completely new suite. quectophoton 1 year ago > Extending src/dst in current IPv4 protocol headers is much easier than adopting a completely new suite.And that's precisely why that was also one of the competing proposals back then, so that tells me that just being easier probably wasn't enough.You can search for RFC 1475 ("IPv7") and its surrounding history. bvrmn 1 year ago Yes I know. And IPv6 win because it's an objectively a superior standard. No politics and all committee garbage of course.
quectophoton 1 year ago > Extending src/dst in current IPv4 protocol headers is much easier than adopting a completely new suite.And that's precisely why that was also one of the competing proposals back then, so that tells me that just being easier probably wasn't enough.You can search for RFC 1475 ("IPv7") and its surrounding history. bvrmn 1 year ago Yes I know. And IPv6 win because it's an objectively a superior standard. No politics and all committee garbage of course.
bvrmn 1 year ago Yes I know. And IPv6 win because it's an objectively a superior standard. No politics and all committee garbage of course.
Extending src/dst in current IPv4 protocol headers is much easier than adopting a completely new suite.
> Extending src/dst in current IPv4 protocol headers is much easier than adopting a completely new suite.
And that's precisely why that was also one of the competing proposals back then, so that tells me that just being easier probably wasn't enough.
You can search for RFC 1475 ("IPv7") and its surrounding history.
Yes I know. And IPv6 win because it's an objectively a superior standard. No politics and all committee garbage of course.