On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:03:45 +0100 Henning Brauer <[email protected]> wrote:
> whoever claims v6 would be any good has never written network code > dealing with it. > > hey, compare these two which do the same, one for v4 and one for v6: > <snip great code example> > > don't get me started on the 160bit addresses (128 + 32 scope ID) which > fuck up all alignment. > > just v4 with addresses extended to 64bit (that is still an integer!) > would have been sweet, with minor adjustments/additions like hopcount > instead of ttl. maybe better crypto integration than ipsec today (v6 > doesn't solve that problem despite the claims it would either). Thank you Henning. -- J.C. Roberts
