[orangeboats]

Oh no, the Godwin's law equivalent for networking is proving itself once again.

>someone will again complain about the address format, without realizing that shoving in extra address bits on an IPv4 datagram is already a new protocol

So you are having all the pains of transitioning to a new Internet Protocol, but none of the benefits of having an actually huge address space.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39258290

[b112]

No, it's very simple.

You set a bit, and if set it's routed using 6 octlets. If the bit isn't set, it's routed via 1.1.x.x.x.x.

Yes, legacy can only reach 1.1.x.x.x.x.

Done.

[orangeboats]

How is your proposal _materially_ different from today's NAT64 and the 64:ff9b::x.x.x.x prefix?

[b112]

It doesn't include ipv6, and therefore ipv6's broken everything. It's just 100% ipv4 + two extra octlets.

[orangeboats]

Do you really think your solution of "IPv4 with extra octets" will not introduce so called "broken everything"...?

Whether it's the addition of one octet or twelve octets, you are nevertheless introducing a new Internet Protocol, and therefore you are going to face the reality of introducing a new Internet Protocol.

To think otherwise is delusional and is the reason why the "Godwin's law of networking" has become sort of a meme.