[GTALUG] Linux Kernel Allows 0.0.0.0/8 as a Valid Address Range

[Giles Orr]

On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 at 17:23, James Knott via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

> IPv6 has been around for years.  Why don't some people get with the
> program, instead of coming up with hacks to get around the address
> shortage.  Even with this block, there still won't be enough IPv4
> addresses just for mobile devices, let alone everything else.  The
> longer people take to move to IPv6, the worse the problem is going to
> get.  By comparison, on IPv6, the smallest address block, /64 provides
> as many addresses as the entire IPv4 address space squared.  I get 256
> of those /64s from my ISP.  Some ISPs provide 65K of them to each
> customer.  Why are we wasting our time trying to squeeze more life out
> of something that should have been retired years ago?  Incidentally,
> this block represents less than 0.4% of the IPv4 address space.  Will it
> really make a difference?
>
>
> https://www.technotification.com/2019/08/linux-kernel-allows-0-0-0-0-8-as-a-valid-address-range.html
>

Your sound logic aside, 0.0.0.0 represents a significant amount of cash to
those who aren't letting IPv4 drop.  That economic interest will be enough
to push it through against almost any resistance.

-- 
Giles
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