On May 10, 2010, at 11:02 PM, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
It did a
tremendous amount to conserve address space.
Name-based virtual hosts saved our butts. The Internet would be a
very different place if it weren't for that scheme.
For one thing, it'd be IPv6 based--it's what, 12 years old this
year?
...and still dead in the water.
Really?
From my laptop:
pat at comet:~$ ping6
ipv6.google.com
PING ipv6.google.com(iy-in-x67.1e100.net) 56 data bytes
64 bytes from
iy-in-x67.1e100.net: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=67.5 ms
Seems to be working just fine for me.
You know what I mean, Pat. I played with it pretty
enthusiastically too...a decade ago. I hope (sorta) that it does
take off.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL