Comment by ChrisMarshallNY
4 days ago
Well, we'll have to see what all the "in-between" bits do. There's a lot in it, that will require implementation by countless layers of routers, switches, caches, firewalls, etc.
Look at Bluetooth, for an example, or TIFF.
I printed out the Bluetooth spec once, just for Ss and Gs. It was over 2,000 pages (double-sided).
I once tried writing a fully-compliant TIFF reader. Didn't go so well.
Those all support IPv6 too. They’re the same computers, and they’ve all supported IPv6 for decades now. The IPv6 spec is a lot shorter than the spec for Bluetooth or TIFF.
Just because the physical and link layers support it, doesn't mean the application layer will.
You could say the same for Bluetooth chips.
I've seen stuff, man...
Apple requires that all iOS apps on the store function on an IPv6-only network (which is how several large mobile phone networks work), and everything works fine on the application layer.
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