New IPv8 draft proposes doubling IP address length, sparks uproar among tech pros

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New IPv8 draft proposes doubling IP address length, sparks uproar among tech pros

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Warl0k3

lemmy.world

... we dont even have widespread ipv6 adoption, we have no need of ipv8...

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reddthat.com

Not an evolution of six, but a backwards compatible successor to 4. (At least, that seems to be the intent)

Martineski

lemmy.dbzer0.com

Cybernews ran the full document through a GPTZero scan, which flagged the largest sections of the document as 100% AI generating and gave a 76% overall probability that the document is AI-generated.

Why are we still doing this? :/

pHr34kY

lemmy.world

I'm an IPv6 sage and this shit is all retarded.

essell

lemmy.world

Given how long it takes to work all these details out, I'm glad they're doing it now long before we need it