alt Hacker NewsEvery year I just wish someone will come up with IPv4-with-more-bytes and we can switch to it before IPv6 gets another percent usage share.
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blueflow • today at 9:33 AM
IPv6 is IPv4 with 12 more bytes, right?
Every year I just wish someone will come up with IPv4-with-more-bytes and we can switch to it before IPv6 gets another percent usage share.
IPv6 is IPv4 with 12 more bytes, right?
IPv4-with-more-bytes is not backwards compatible with IPv4. So you'd have to replace/upgrade every existing network stack, both hardware and software. To get, basically, the same effect as moving to IPv6.