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We don't talk about IPv5 (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] Part4@infosec.pub 8 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

I think they must have thought: 'Well we thought four and a quarter billion was going to be enough. We don't want to repeat the mistake, so let's create an unimaginably large address space.'

Which, with the benefit of hindsight, now looks daft itself.

[โ€“] TWeaK@lemmy.today 4 points 19 hours ago

It looks daft now with a little hindsight, but we're kind of still in the foresight stage for the overall life of IPv6.