IP4 Space
Robert Brockway
robert at timetraveller.org
Mon Mar 8 16:52:27 UTC 2010
On Sat, 6 Mar 2010, Shon Elliott wrote:
> I would love to move to IPv6. However, the IPv6 addressing, I have to
> say, is really tough to remember and understand for most people. Where
Hi Shon. But we have a system in place which allows non-technical people
to ignore IP addresses entirely.
Up to this point the ease of remembering IPv4 addresses has allowed their
use to leak out in to the user community. It is quite common today for
users to ssh to servers by IP address in many organisations. I consider
this an historical accident.
When setting up or upgrading corporate networks (even for small companies)
I use split-view DNS. I like to point out that once IPv6 is mainstream no
one is going to remember IP addresses ever again :)
> is a four number dotted quad was easy to remember, an IPv6 address.. not
> so much. I wished they had made that a little easier when they were
> drafting up the protocol specs.
I don't believe making it easier for humans to remember or understand IP
addresses would have been a good design criteria. IP addresses are
principally designed for computers to understand. We humans have a
parrallel structure of names that we can use.
In any case humans got a break with the :: notation in IPv6 :)
> basically, you need technical knowledge to even understand how the IP
> address is split up. I wished ARIN would waive the fee for service
That's actually still true in IPv4. A knowledgeable user may be able to
ping an IP address but few of them will understand the concept of a
subnet.
Cheers,
Rob
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