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Re: IPv8 < IPv6
- From: Jay R. Ashworth
- Date: Wed Nov 05 11:49:47 1997
On Thu, Nov 06, 1997 at 10:16:56AM -0600, Jim Fleming wrote:
> There is a natural routing hierarchy with IPv8
> addressing....8 regions, 256 distribution centers
> in each region and full 32 bit Internets from there.
> IPv8 addresses can fit inside the IPv6 address fields.
The problem here, as I see it, is that this _imposes_ a hierarchical
structure onto the physical design on the net, which has not been the
observed pattern of growth.
Cheers,
-- jra
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