19 Jun
2026
19 Jun
'26
6:13 a.m.
On Fri, 19 Jun 2026 at 09:03, Matthew Petach via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> wrote:
So, hopefully people now understand why IPv4 isn't going away, and we can stop talking about a flag day or "shut it down for a day". Nobody wants to cause that level of economic harm for zero benefit.
Short term thinking, the real economic damage of IPv4 is antitrust, which far exceeds any economic damage of flag day. Vote for IPv4 is a vote for monopolies and a vote against equitability. The list is talking mostly NAT or no NAT, not single or dual stack. These are separate discussions, I'm absolutely not saying don't do NAT. I'm saying, If you want to do NAPT with your IPv6, go right ahead. -- ++ytti