Comment by andix
16 hours ago
> For context: I deployed IPv6 in my networks in 2006. I have war stories.
Early IPv6 was a mess. It took a surprising amount of time for IPv6 to become mature and usable.
16 hours ago
> For context: I deployed IPv6 in my networks in 2006. I have war stories.
Early IPv6 was a mess. It took a surprising amount of time for IPv6 to become mature and usable.
I'd argue that it's still not mature. ULA/GUA mess is one example, I recommend reading this delightful thread with beer and popcorn: https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/v6ops/7-SuigPyP0R-C6ZC...
Having to waste 64 bits for the local part of the address is another one. There's an RFC in progress to allow neighbor discovery with shorter prefixes, so we might be able to use it by 2045.
And Android _still_ doesn't support DHCPv6.