> From: "Tony Hain" <alh-ietf@xxxxxxxx> > David Conrad wrote: >> IPv6 _is_ IPv4 with more bits and it is being deployed that way. > No it is not, No less a person than the IPv6 'architect' himself stated that IPv6 and IPv4 were architecturally identical, that IPv4 got it all basically right, and that IPv6 was nothing more than IPv4 with a little cleaned up engineering. Those aren't his exact words, but I don't feel like wasting the time to go find that email from him - but if you doubt that I have accurately captured the sense of what he said, I'll be happy to look for it. Noel _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf