Re: IP4 Space

[Tony Hoyle <tony () hoyle me uk>]

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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
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