Shim6, was: Re: filtering /48 is going to be necessary

Thu Mar 15 13:58:25 UTC 2012

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 09:57:10PM +0900, Masataka Ohta wrote:

> >> That's one reason why we should stay away from IPv6.
> > 
> > What prevents you from using
> > http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v1/n6/full/ncomms1063.html
> > with IPv6?
> 
> Though I didn't paid $32 to read the full paper, it's like
> a proposal of geography based addressing.

You can access the free full text at http://arxiv.org/pdf/1009.0267v2.pdf

> So, I should ask what prevents you from using it with IPv4?

Because IPv4 will be legacy by the time something like this lands,
and because IPv6 needs more bits/route so more pain there.