-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/03/2010 16:52, Robert Brockway wrote: > On Sat, 6 Mar 2010, Shon Elliott wrote: > >> I would love to move to IPv6. However, the IPv6 addressing, I have to >> say, is really tough to remember and understand for most people. Where > > Hi Shon. But we have a system in place which allows non-technical > people to ignore IP addresses entirely. > > Up to this point the ease of remembering IPv4 addresses has allowed > their use to leak out in to the user community. It is quite common > today for users to ssh to servers by IP address in many organisations. > I consider this an historical accident. > It's also not that difficult to remember.. your prefix never changes so that's the first 48-64 bits taken care of. The rest you can make human readable if you want - I know people that use <prefix>::53 for their nameserver, <prefix>::80 for their webserver, etc.
It's all about how you use it. Personally I use DNS.. that's what it's for. Tony -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJLlS6MAAoJEJ1qCQ6ePCDUj+AH/3Kr/FBliJQeCIGSlIEOHm3K TmeGWsfD+cZR/clTN3MNAFtwH63Iowo014zU9kL2AJAkZEVs6LCx0uJ3ewDT+tfb +KGcB4KUjJkaEXxdcjIRIcJrVcW2QnMyFT/J5B+CWM7MhgPzsGL9VLmvKY2LaqBQ coGlfqsg89HTmzlK1McQy+UfhvkJx8bVKgYqHxmHQvIN3GPaWWDjjt50l6oskBy7 F8htD0+O5eM8B7/ozsxeaH7N3gTrZIlEG5MzCvXCxWXyR4wbVssUt9SEF3Gdd9sg aEC6sjUSxL9t7G9a8FyRvwufpQALxJ7mNgozxJPJF8HuHbPnGFL7ZpoH1fph0PI= =AnwO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
