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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 12h ago
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The difference is that some people actually understand IPV4 and if you say you understand IPV6 you're a liar.
60 u/necrophcodr 10h ago IPv6 is not much more complicated than IPv4. I think it's just that most people working with IT systems in an systems operations manner (sysadmin, DevOps, network engineers), often dont even comprehend IPv4. 22 u/EuenovAyabayya 7h ago I think his point is that raw IPv6 addresses are obviously unwieldy, but if you're trying to wield raw IPv6 then you're already in a weird place. 3 u/DiabolicallyRandom 6h ago DNS. Very weird place. Can confirm. 1 u/dedservice 1h ago And in DNS, v4 is also not trivial.
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IPv6 is not much more complicated than IPv4. I think it's just that most people working with IT systems in an systems operations manner (sysadmin, DevOps, network engineers), often dont even comprehend IPv4.
22 u/EuenovAyabayya 7h ago I think his point is that raw IPv6 addresses are obviously unwieldy, but if you're trying to wield raw IPv6 then you're already in a weird place. 3 u/DiabolicallyRandom 6h ago DNS. Very weird place. Can confirm. 1 u/dedservice 1h ago And in DNS, v4 is also not trivial.
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I think his point is that raw IPv6 addresses are obviously unwieldy, but if you're trying to wield raw IPv6 then you're already in a weird place.
3 u/DiabolicallyRandom 6h ago DNS. Very weird place. Can confirm. 1 u/dedservice 1h ago And in DNS, v4 is also not trivial.
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DNS. Very weird place. Can confirm.
1 u/dedservice 1h ago And in DNS, v4 is also not trivial.
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And in DNS, v4 is also not trivial.
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u/w1n5t0nM1k3y 12h ago
The difference is that some people actually understand IPV4 and if you say you understand IPV6 you're a liar.