Reply to post: Re: Compatibility

OK, this time it's for real: The last available IPv4 address block has gone

HighTension

Re: Compatibility

So what is a legacy IPv4 stack going to do when it receives one of these hypothetical "IPv8" packets? It's just going to puke on a corrupted header. So you'll still have to rip and replace the stack in every device!

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