Are we ready for IPv8? (IETF draft)

[PHC-TheGlock]

The provided draft outlines Internet Protocol Version 8 (IPv8), a managed network protocol suite designed to resolve IPv4 address exhaustion and management fragmentation. It proposes a 64-bit address format where IPv4 acts as a completely backward-compatible subset, ensuring no forced migration or dual-stack operation is required. Furthermore, IPv8 integrates network telemetry, authentication, name resolution, and access control into a single coherent Zone Server platform to simplify network operations.

Address Format

An IPv8 address uses a 64-bit structure formatted as r.r.r.r.n.n.n.n, where the first half represents a 32-bit Autonomous System Number routing prefix, and the second half acts as the traditional 32-bit host address.

Standard IPv8 Address

Format: 0.0.251.240.192.0.2.1
This example translates to an ASN prefix of 64496 combined with a standard IPv4-style host address of 192.0.2.1.

IPv4 Compatibility

Format: 0.0.0.0.192.0.2.1
If the ASN routing prefix is set to all zeros, the address is processed using standard IPv4 rules, meaning existing devices do not require hardware or software modifications.

Internal Zone Prefix

Format: 127.1.0.0.10.0.0.1
The 127 block in the prefix is permanently reserved for internal zone identifiers that are never routed externally, architecturally preventing address conflicts between different private networks.

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What do you think about it?

 

[ceejaybassist]

Wala pa nga tayo sa full implementation ng IPv6 eh. The world isn't ready yet.

Most services still rely in IPv4 kaya slow-phase talaga ang pag-implement ng IPv6 fully worldwide. Even most, if not all, games are IPv4-only. And meron pa tayong tinatawag na CGNAT sa IPv4. Ni hindi pa nga tayo (the whole world) makaalis sa CGNAT eh coz hindi pa talaga implemented fully ang IPv6. Many companies are also still in IPv4-only infrastructure. Masyadong madugo ang transitioning ng infrastructure to IPv6. The only ones I know that are implementing IPv6 are the big companies -- Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon...etc. But even game companies such as Riot Games still aren't using IPv6. IPv4-only pa rin ang infrastructure nila.

So for the question, are we ready yet? The answer is NO. A very big NO.

 

[PHC-TheGlock]

Wala pa nga tayo sa full implementation ng IPv6 eh. The world isn't ready yet.

Most services still rely in IPv4 kaya slow-phase talaga ang pag-implement ng IPv6 fully worldwide. Even most, if not all, games are IPv4-only. And meron pa tayong tinatawag na CGNAT sa IPv4. Ni hindi pa nga tayo (the whole world) makaalis sa CGNAT eh coz hindi pa talaga implemented fully ang IPv6. Many companies are also still in IPv4-only infrastructure. Masyadong madugo ang transitioning ng infrastructure to IPv6. The only ones I know that are implementing IPv6 are the big companies -- Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon...etc. But even game companies such as Riot Games still aren't using IPv6. IPv4-only pa rin ang infrastructure nila.

So for the question, are we ready yet? The answer is NO. A very big NO.

This is probably meant to replace the Bad and Ugly format of IPv6.

Over 30+ years until now nag ii-slowly shift pa tayo sa IPv6. Pero IPv6 is widely adopted at a OS level. But if they ever made it standard, It will take likely a decade to catch on. And IPv6 would likely be deprecated.