Thomas King on Nostr: Let IPv4 rest in peace. 🪦 The future of IXPs is IPv6-only. The technical ...
Let IPv4 rest in peace. 🪦
The future of IXPs is IPv6-only. The technical foundation? RFC8950.
But standards don't deploy themselves. A huge congratulations to the RFC8950 Working Group at #EUROIX for turning theory into reality!
They tackled the real-world tests, pushed router vendors to implement support, and leveled up open-source tools like Alice-LG to make it happen at the infrastructure level.
Task accomplished. The internet just got a massive upgrade. Well done! 🥂
Published at
2026-05-04 13:12:30 UTCEvent JSON
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