IPv8 < IPv6

Thu Nov 6 01:45:29 UTC 1997

  Yes, and when my mother didn't make me go to bed at night, I was
  rather cranky, and tardy in my multiplication tables and spelling
  exercises the next day.

  That we can impose strict hierarchy on address allocations (like
  our friends at RIPE, APNIC, and InterNIC have done) is part of the
  reason our networking system has assumed a somewhat manageable
  growth wrt addressnig.

  Big Brother impositions are fine, if the benevolent dictatorship
  really is altruistic. (in community space allocation)

  -alan

  DISCLAIMER -- THIS IS NOT TO IMPLY THAT I SUPPORT, CONDONE, OR
                AGREE WITH JIM FLEMING.  RATHER I HARBOR FEARS THAT
		HE FLIRTS WITH DANGEROUS CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES, AND
		PERCEIVES THE WORLD IN A MANNER UNLIKE ANY OF SANE
		MIND AND BODY.

Quoting Jay R. Ashworth (jra at scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us):
> On Thu, Nov 06, 1997 at 10:16:56AM -0600, Jim Fleming wrote:
> > There is a natural routing hierarchy with IPv8
> > addressing....8 regions, 256 distribution centers
> > in each region and full 32 bit Internets from there.
> > IPv8 addresses can fit inside the IPv6 address fields.
> 
> The problem here, as I see it, is that this _imposes_ a hierarchical
> structure onto the physical design on the net, which has not been the
> observed pattern of growth.
> 
> Cheers,
> -- jra
> -- 
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