Reply to post: Re: Ipv4 origins

IPv6: It's only NAT-ural that network nerds are dragging their feet...

Charles 9

Re: Ipv4 origins

In addition, IINM there are special allocations set aside for setups that don't easily fit into a geographic or otherwise sane structure (like perhaps a pan-global company with multiple external gateways in multiple countries). IOW, part of the reason for 128 bits is to (unlike last time) try to take everything into consideration.

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