Randy - Full agreement - nicely said.
/John P.s disclaimer: my views alone - do not eat packet. > On Jan 11, 2023, at 7:10 PM, Randy Bush <ra...@psg.com> wrote: > > >> >> It was assumed that IPng would include a standard straightforward >> technological solution to support communication with IPv4 hosts – this >> was a defined hard requirement. >> >> This transition mechanism wasn’t available at the time of the >> selection of IPng, and instead was left as a future deliverable. > > three of the promises of ipng which ipv6 did not deliver > o compatibility/transition, > o security, and > o routing & renumbering > > the real goal of those who made the ipv6 decision was to stop the press > from screaming about the end of the internet. in this they succeeded. > > and the ops community has paid an insane penalty ere since. > > randy
