IPv6 Pain Experiment

Sat Oct 5 00:02:01 UTC 2019

On Fri, Oct 04, 2019 at 11:48:33PM +0000, Michel Py wrote:
> > Owen DeLong wrote :
> > How would you have made it possible for a host that only understands 32-bit addresses to exchange traffic with a host that only has a 128-bit address?
> 
> With some kind of NAT mechanism, naturally.

That word "naturally" is doing an *awful* lot of work there.

> > How would you have made a 128-bit address more human-readable? Does it really matter?
> 
> I have found it difficult to talk hex with people from other countries.
> 
> Try to say FACEB00C to someone who does not speak your langage.
> Foxtrox Alpha Charlie Echo Bravo Zero Zero Charlie does not go through either.
> 250.206.176.192 works all the time. Everyone gets the numbers.

That word "Everyone" is doing an *awful* lot of work there.

All this hand-waving is creating quite a breeze.  Think I'll put on a
sweater.

- Matt