On Feb 11, 2021, at 9:01 PM, Kenneth J. Dupuis <ken@kjtd.net> wrote:

1995? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6

On Feb 11, 2021 8:51 PM, Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com> wrote:


On 2/11/21 5:41 PM, Izaac wrote:
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>> IPv6 restores that ability and RFC-1918 is a bandaid for an obsolete protocol.
> So, in your mind, IPv4 was "obsolete" in 1996 -- almost three years
> before IPv6 was even specified?  Fascinating.  I could be in no way
> mistaken for an IPv4/NAT apologist, but that one's new on me.

ipv6 was on my radar in the early 90's. it was definitely at least 1993,
maybe earlier.

Mike

Back then some thought it would be more like DECnet Phase V.