[CentOS] IPV4 is nearly depleted, are you ready for IPV6?

Tony Schreiner schreian at bc.edu
Wed Dec 8 01:44:48 UTC 2010


> Does this mean I have to type in URLs like:
>
> http://3ffe:1900:4545:3:200:f8ff:fe21:67cf/
>
> I can only image phonetically calling these off on a support call, I'd get half way through it and the other end would tell me to "forget it I'll wait until DNS is working again".
>
> In fact with DNS problems we'd be pretty much crippled.
>
> I'd use IPv6 if the addresses weren't so hard to remember.
>
> -Ross
>

Well in fact I don't think that will even work with the present URL
rules. Just on a lark I clicked on your string, and my firefox
interpreted it as http://3ffe:1900. Unless there's a special http
protocol string for ipv6?

Tony



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