Comment by wmf
5 days ago
I think the original plan was definitely to turn IPv4 off. Obviously that's probably not practical in our lifetimes.
5 days ago
I think the original plan was definitely to turn IPv4 off. Obviously that's probably not practical in our lifetimes.
it was an explicit non goal to ever schedule the end of ipv4
The problem is that the scheduled end of ipv4 was reached in 1990.
But attempts at providing replacement were stymied - IETF went not-invented-here finally getting v6, while USGOV went with CLNS, and meanwhile vendors hemmed and hewed to avoid spending any money on actually implementing changes and then allowed NAT availability to crush arguments and mandates.