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It's easier to remember the IPs of good DNSes, too. (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/programmer_humor

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Today in our newest take on "older technology is better": why NAT rules!

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Ok, now I'm fully proposing a new standard, called IPv16! (Keeping with the tradition to jump over numbers.)

Also, it will be fully backwards compatible for a change! That solves the largest complaint from the holdouts!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

IPv6 is already backwards compatible though. There's a /96 of the IPv6 space (i.e. 32 bit addresses) specifically for tunneling IPv4 traffic, and existing applications and IPv4 servers Just Work™ on IPv6 only networks, assuming the host operating system and routing infrastructure know about the 6to4 protocol and are willing to play ball.

I learned a lot about it from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-oLBOL0rDE

[–] Zink 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh nice. Does your system FINALLY provide enough addreses for every Planck volume in the observable universe? It’s been frickin amateur hour, this internet thing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

No, sorry. It's backwards compatible on address length too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

TBH 4 billion IP addresses is way too many. We should reduce that to 33 million for convenience.