Subject: IPv8 / BGP8 / CF Date: Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 02:03:34PM -0500 Quoting Jamie Thain via NANOG (nanog@lists.nanog.org):
Hi All,
My name is Jamie Thain I'm the creator of IPv8. It's not a hoax.
But it is bad nevertheless. 1. The only thing that will come out of any roll-out is tri-stack. Which is kinda embarrasing for a draft that criticizes dual-stack. 1.bis. The end result of (1) is that IPv6 deployment and IPv4 sunsetting are delayed further, prolonging the dual-stack pain. 2. The construction with so many fascinating moving pieces, some crypto related, combined with a good portion of state in middle boxes is an architectural and scaling disaster. 3. Reliability will suffer for critical communiations as a consequence of (2). 4. The people who want to see and limit our traffic will have a field day by mandating and getting access to the middle boxes. Put IPv6 on something instead, and be done with it. It works, it is easier, and there are enough addresses. -- Måns Nilsson primary/secondary/besserwisser/machina MN-1334-RIPE SA0XLR +46 705 989668 My life is a patio of fun!