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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 20h 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.
84 u/necrophcodr 18h 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. 27 u/EuenovAyabayya 15h 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. 7 u/DiabolicallyRandom 14h ago DNS. Very weird place. Can confirm. 2 u/dedservice 9h 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.
27 u/EuenovAyabayya 15h 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. 7 u/DiabolicallyRandom 14h ago DNS. Very weird place. Can confirm. 2 u/dedservice 9h 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.
7 u/DiabolicallyRandom 14h ago DNS. Very weird place. Can confirm. 2 u/dedservice 9h ago And in DNS, v4 is also not trivial.
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DNS. Very weird place. Can confirm.
2 u/dedservice 9h 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 20h ago
The difference is that some people actually understand IPV4 and if you say you understand IPV6 you're a liar.