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RE: IPv6

  • From: Vadim Antonov
  • Date: Sun Jun 15 18:49:41 2003 

Well, since adding a simple option to IPv4 header would solve all address
space problems w/o any need to change core routing infrastructure (unlike
introduding v6) - I see little need to go for an entirely new L3 protocol.

--vadim

On Sun, 15 Jun 2003, Deepak Jain wrote:

> 	1) Is IPV4 approaching an addressing limitation?
> 	2) Does IPV6 provide a significant buffer of new addresses (given current
> allocation policies) the way
>   	IPV4 did when it was new?
> 
> If (1 & 2) => IPV6 is good
> If (1 | 2) => undefined
> If !(1 & 2) => who cares?