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0 pointsdheera2y ago0 comments

IP addresses should never have had letters and double colons in them.

What's Google's IPv4 DNS? 8.8.8.8.

What SHOULD Google's IPv6 DNS be? 8.8.8.8.8.8.

What SHOULD Google's IPv8 DNS be? 8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.

What IS Google's IPv6 DNS? 2001::some::shit::I::::can't::remember//::h0ff::affblah

This is why I'm still stuck on IPv4. I'm a walking DNS server for all the instances I own, I can hammer out IPs when DNS fails me and that's a very useful feature, especially when idiot Wi-Fi hotspots try to DNS poison you when you're trying to SSH into something and the poisoned IPs stay cached even after you've accepted the stupid TOS.

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red_trumpet2y ago

If it is the use of colons instead of dots that prevents you from learning the adresses, then I'm not sure you can be helped.

But that discussion aside, if you adopt the IPv4 naming scheme to the 128-bit IPv6 adresses, Google's DNS would be 8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.

I would never be confident that I put in the right number of 8's in that case. And I have a feeling that you being overwhelmed has more to do with the total increase of possibilities, than with hexadecimal notation.

I guess it shows that IPv6 was designed for computers, not humans. Because we need a vast number if IP adressses. And that is fine for me.

dheeraOP2y ago

> If it is the use of colons instead of dots

Colons are inherently more frightening than dots, especially double colons, which seems like some badly written C++ class escaped from gaol. Dots feel friendly and cute, I would pet an IPv4 address.

> then I'm not sure you can be helped

Sure, and the rest of the planet hasn't adopted IPv6 either. It's a horrible UX.

red_trumpet2y ago

If I'm allowed to argue using unrelated topics and feelings, here you go ;)

> Colons are inherently more frightening than dots

I highly disagree. In traditional text usage, dots end a sentence. They are terminal. A symbol of stasis. Like death. Contrary to that, a colon always refers to something that comes after: it transcends itself, and wakes my curiosity. It is a symbol of growth and learning.

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kmbfjr2y ago

Lemme introduce you to XML then…

The rest of the world has adopted IPv6 because they never had the vast IPv4 space.

rvnx2y ago

It would be 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16

miyuru2y ago

> I'm a walking DNS server for all the instances I own

In that case you don't need to remember the google's DNS address or any DNS servers address for that matter.

iamdual2y ago

For a memorability, I would prefer using domain names which is invented for the humans.

GoblinSlayer2y ago

It would be 8::8

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0 pointsdheera2y ago0 comments

IP addresses should never have had letters and double colons in them.

What's Google's IPv4 DNS? 8.8.8.8.

What SHOULD Google's IPv6 DNS be? 8.8.8.8.8.8.

What SHOULD Google's IPv8 DNS be? 8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.

What IS Google's IPv6 DNS? 2001::some::shit::I::::can't::remember//::h0ff::affblah

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red_trumpet2y ago

If it is the use of colons instead of dots that prevents you from learning the adresses, then I'm not sure you can be helped.

But that discussion aside, if you adopt the IPv4 naming scheme to the 128-bit IPv6 adresses, Google's DNS would be 8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.

I guess it shows that IPv6 was designed for computers, not humans. Because we need a vast number if IP adressses. And that is fine for me.

dheeraOP2y ago

> If it is the use of colons instead of dots

Colons are inherently more frightening than dots, especially double colons, which seems like some badly written C++ class escaped from gaol. Dots feel friendly and cute, I would pet an IPv4 address.

> then I'm not sure you can be helped

Sure, and the rest of the planet hasn't adopted IPv6 either. It's a horrible UX.

red_trumpet2y ago

If I'm allowed to argue using unrelated topics and feelings, here you go ;)

> Colons are inherently more frightening than dots

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kmbfjr2y ago

Lemme introduce you to XML then…

The rest of the world has adopted IPv6 because they never had the vast IPv4 space.

rvnx2y ago

It would be 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16

miyuru2y ago

> I'm a walking DNS server for all the instances I own

In that case you don't need to remember the google's DNS address or any DNS servers address for that matter.

iamdual2y ago

For a memorability, I would prefer using domain names which is invented for the humans.

GoblinSlayer2y ago

It would be 8::8

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse