Re: IPv8 / BGP8 / CF

I see no need for this IPv8. IPv6 was carefully engineered over many years and while not perfect, works and is deployed. What problem are you trying to solve? I seem to have missed that.

No one is going to adopt IPv8. This is an academic discussion at best.



On Thursday, April 30th, 2026 at 10:51 AM, Joe Klein via NANOG <[email protected]> wrote:

> This is very funny!
> 
> - In 2004, very talented Chinese developers worked to implement IPv9. At
> present there are exclusive patents, but have yet to seen any code.
> 
> - Over 20 cumulative years, there are about 0.5–2 trillion IPv6 address
> instances, with the high side is driven by mobile devices, Wi-Fi roaming,
> privacy-address rotation, VMs, containers, VPNs, and tunnels. In short,
> this covers the ocean floor, caves, areas near Earth, and deep space. Will
> you and your team pay for the IPv4/IPv6 change? When will you submit the
> patent applications (Similary to Microsoft patent for SEND/CGA)?
> 
> Have fun.
> 
> OO.
> 
> Joe Klein
> 
> "inveniet viam, aut faciet" --- Seneca's Hercules Furens (Act II, Scene 1)
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> Gretzky
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> 
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 10:51 AM Tom Beecher via NANOG <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
> > >
> > > Tough love is needed here, and the list is not providing it. You're
> > > not being polite, you're enabling.
> >
> >
> > Only works when the recipient is actually open to receiving feedback and
> > collaborating.
> >
> > Reading Mr. Thain's replies here and on int-area answers that question
> > quite rapidly.
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 2:35 AM Saku Ytti via NANOG <[email protected]
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Tough love is needed here, and the list is not providing it. You're
> > > not being polite, you're enabling.
> > >
> > > Stop supporting this LLM psychosis.
> > >
> > > --
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