From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: khm@sciops.net (Kurt H Maier) Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2018 18:16:59 -0700 Subject: [TUHS] Happy birthday, Internet! In-Reply-To: References: <20180407125041.7A89318C089@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> Message-ID: <20180409011659.GA10849@wopr> On Sun, Apr 08, 2018 at 08:06:50PM -0400, Clem Cole wrote: > > That BTW: the difference between ARPAnet to IP and IPv4 to v6 switch. > The other difference is that IPv4 was a well-designed protocol, where IPv6 is a hodgepodge of harebrained pet projects. Despite being tagged version 6, it's the worst case of Second-System Effect I've ever seen in my life. Most sites I know of that have chosen to sit it out so far have done so because it's a massive engineering lift with little discernable benefit; it merely trades IPv4's problems for newer, experimental problems. This is the same situation that keeps UNIX entrenched: it's not flawless, but we understand the flaws, and the core design is at least comprehensible. khm