Robinson, Herbie wrote on 2023-12-19 15:49:
At some point, it becomes ridiculous to keep band-aiding 40+ year old
hardware designs with ever increasing software complexity. The hard
thing to know is when you hit that tipping point.
better things do come along. but without backward compatibility they
have a hard time catching on (like ipv6 or sctp) whereas with backward
compatibility they have a hard time solving the real problems (like fast
ethernet and edns). we make our choices and then our chances.
whole-cloth replacements for internet technologies come around every few
years; there are always people and quatloos available for that work. but
so far the big differences have only been made when tunneling was
possible, as with for example quic.
this feels off-topic.
--
P Vixie
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