IPv6 at 30: Assessing the Gradual Adoption and Continued Relevance of the Internet Protocol
By
Brajeshwar
Baker's choice. Dense with flavour, light on filler.
Summary
IPv6, the successor to IPv4, was developed in the 1990s to address the impending shortage of IP addresses as internet adoption grew. Despite being 30 years old, IPv6 has not fully replaced IPv4 globally, but the article argues it shouldn't be considered a failure. The piece examines why IPv6 adoption has been gradual, its continued relevance in today's internet infrastructure, and how it coexists with IPv4 through various transition technologies.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledIn the early 1990s, internetworking wonks realized the world was not many years away from running out of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses, the numbers needed to identify any device connected to the public internet.
A possible fix arrived in December 1995 in the form of RFC 1883, the first definition of IPv6, the planned successor to IPv4.
The world has passed it by in many ways, yet it remains relevant.
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