Reply to post: Re: Not an issue if you already have an ipv4 address

IPv6 growth is slowing and no one knows why. Let's see if El Reg can address what's going on

Christian Berger

Re: Not an issue if you already have an ipv4 address

""you can't really use it without a DNS; the addresses are impossible."

Yes, this is a rather serious downside to IPV6."

Well with IPv6 you can have "vanity addresses". For example "Fefes Blog", one of the largest German blogs has the IPv6 address 2001:4d88:3508::fefe:b106. Since the 2001:-prefix is almost universal, you end up with "4d88:3508" you actually need to remember. Those are 32 bits and therefore just as much information as an IPv4 address.

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