[AusNOG] RFC7278 - "Extending an IPv6 /64 Prefix from a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Mobile Interface to a LAN Link"

Mark Andrews marka at isc.org
Thu Jul 3 08:27:11 EST 2014


In message <F010E868-7B3E-4657-85FD-0CB8BE3D2813 at spectrum.com.au>, Matt Perkins write
s:
>
> I use z-wave home automation technology in my home. it's not IP but it's
> conceivable that a like ipv6 based technology will exist in the future. I
> currently have a addressable device in every power point socket ,every
> down light, every light switch , multiple temperature sensors throughout
> ,every blind , every door PIR's in every room, smoke detectors, water
> leak detectors and the aircon.
>
> IPv4 has served us for 25ish years in the mainstream. what will we have
> in 2050. Thats without going into all the allocation systems and protocol
> rules besides.

IPv4 died around about 1995.  A zombie has been keeping the packets flowing
since then and has slowly been getting more stinky (NAT, CGN).  People seem
to think what we call IPv4 now is IPv4.  It isn't.

> I think the current recommendations are on target.
>
> matt

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