Subj : IPv6 depletion
To   : Bj”rn Felten
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Wed Jul 29 2015 16:28:54

Hello Bj”rn,

On Wednesday July 29 2015 15:54, you wrote to David Drummond:

 DD>> Bugger! I'd better get mine now...

 BF>    "You'd better hurry up, tomorrow's Christmas day..."

The counter is a joke anyway. It counts down 2/sec. This is too slow and too fine, considering that the smallest allocation is a /64.

The figures given for comparision are also just a finger in the air. The projected time frame for the sun to become a red dwarf won't probably be off by a factor 2, but the rest.., is just guesswork. The assumed half time of 10^30 years for the proton is just a minimum. It may be infinite for all we know.

For all intents and purposed the IPv6 address space is infinite. The counter is just a joke, enjoy it as such.


Cheers, Michiel

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