[thayne]

> But in an ipv42 type setup, you would have determnistic embedding so that every ipv4 address is represented inside the larger address space

IPv6 supports that, but it ended up not getting used very much.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IPv6_transition_mechan...

[hackthemack]

I remember reading about that a long time ago. I wonder why it never really caught on?

I think part of the problem is not so much a technical one, as a coordination issue. Who are you more likely to get on board? ISP and backbone providers. What is the path forward? Here is the recommended path forward, kind of thing.