[afnog] IPv6 time!

[Randy Bush]

>> "The good news is that we don't expect to leave IPv6," he 
>> said. "It will be several centuries before we have to 
>> worry about it no matter how crazy we are."
> Not if assignment policies/practices continue the way 
> they're being done/proposed - but that's just me :-).

once apon a time, eight bits was thought to last as long as the net.

later, 32 bits was thought to last as long as the net.

now 128 bits is thought ...

looking for what is common in these, i suspect the problem is not with
the number of bits but with the thinking.

randy