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   Message 4,366 of 4,612   
   Jay Harris to Rob Swindell   
   Re: Just how big is IPv6?   
   23 Dec 24 21:12:10   
   
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   REPLY: 258.ipv6@1:103/705 2bcf17d2   
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   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9 2024-03-02   
   On 23 Dec 2024, Rob Swindell said the following...   
       
    RS>  > Or even more magnificently, this means you can give every millimetre fr   
    RS>  > one side of the universe to the opposite side of the universe in a stra   
    RS>  > line about 3.6 billion IPv6 addresses... every... millimetre...   
    RS>    
    RS> So what you're saying is that IPv6 was over-engineered. :-)   
      
   "640K ought to be enough for anybody"  -- Bill Gates*   
      
   "2^128 addresses ought to be enough for anybody"  -- The IPv6 engineers,   
   probably   
      
      
   * Bill Gates denies making 1981 comment about limits of RAM needs, despite   
   popular legend:   
   https://tinyurl.com/bdwnbhjy   
      
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