IPB200: Yes, IPv6 Is Complicated. IPv8 Won’t Help

Packet Pushers - IPv6 Buzz

May 14, 202633:10Technology

Why is IPv6 so much more complicated than IPv4? Could a newer version such as IPv8 be the solution? Guest Brian Carpenter joins our hosts to explain that many of IPv6’s complications are mathematical necessities. They po...

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