Being essentially impossible to memorize is one of the worst attributes of IPv6. I memorize and manually type IPv4 addresses all the time and it's super useful.
IPv6 address, as a sentence you can remember
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Re: IPv6 address, as a sentence you can remember
#22Just proves that 16 bytes was too much, and we should have just gone 8 bytes.
I'm fine with 16 but they should have only used the bytes as they were needed, at least for 5 and 6 byte addresses, so those who desire short addresses could buy them.
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#23ipv6 is for faceless hordes of cellphones, which could just as easily be NAT
despite being an ipv6 skeptic, i’ve been thinking to try using ipv6 for our new company network, but make the addresses purely readable
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#24If you're remembering your IPv6 address you're doing IPv6 wrong. In fact, it's good practice to always use a temporary IPv6 address. https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8981#name-problem-s...
Yet another reason why ipv6 will never happen
I think the Matter standard is going to cause IPv6 adoption to increase significantly in the coming years. People will demand it, without even knowing what Matter or IPv6 are. They just want to be able to turn their lights off from their phone without any extra hardware or software.
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#25What is the use-case for this? I’m trying to think of an IPv6 address I would need to remember, and then when I’d have access to this site without having access to a text file where I could have noted the address down. I’m coming up empty.
it may more likely have something to do with the date of April Fools :) seems it got more than a few folks here haha
Re: IPv6 address, as a sentence you can remember
#26We kind of had the same idea for ECDSA public keys (an imagined solution to zokos triangle -- human readable and decentralized) as well as private keys (BIP39 brain wallets). Honestly it still falls short of truly name-based though.
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Yet another reason why ipv6 will never happen
it already happened. also I sure as hell dont remember my ipv4 address
I don't remember my ipv4 addresses either, but I recognize them as mine when I see them.
I've never recognized an IPv6 address or prefix used in my networks.
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#28It reminds me of what3words, using three words to describe any location on earth. I really hoped that could catch on.
what3words Is terrible and search and rescue teams are actively against people using it.
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Yet another reason why ipv6 will never happen
I think the Matter standard is going to cause IPv6 adoption to increase significantly in the coming years. People will demand it, without even knowing what Matter or IPv6 are. They just want to be able to turn their lights off from their phone without any extra hardware or software.
They've had years to demand it, I don't see why it would suddenly change. Most users who buy "smart" appliances are not power users, don't set everything up themselves and just rely on manufacturer's servers anyway and don't need a direct connection - and are okay with it.
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