IPB200: Yes, IPv6 Is Complicated. IPv8 Won’t Help

About this episode

The episode discusses the complexities of IPv6 compared to IPv4 and explores whether IPv8 could be a viable solution.

Why is IPv6 so much more complicated than IPv4? Could a newer version such as IPv8 be the solution? Guest Brian Carpenter joins our hosts to explain that many of IPv6’s complications are mathematical necessities. They point out that IPv6 has a 30 year head start on any IPv8 proposal that would struggle with many ... Read more »

People in this episode

Host: Packet Pushers

Guest: Brian Carpenter

Topics covered

• IPv6
• IPv4
• IPv8
• networking
• technology
• mathematics
• complications

Keywords

• IPv6
• IPv4
• IPv8
• networking
• technology
• complications
• mathematics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Packet Pushers

Books & works: IPv6, IPv4, IPv8

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