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Update: IPv6 and IPv4 Exhaustion: The Long Road to an Infinite Internet

Is IPv6 and IPv4 Exhaustion: The Long Road to an Infinite Internet the answer?
Here is a counterpoint:
In these 4000 words, at IAExplore we are going to analyze the most important addressing crisis in technology. We'll explain why IPv6 is much more than "longer addresses," how patches like NAT have kept IPv4 alive longer than expected, and the complex transition mechanisms like Dual Stack and Happy Eyeballs that make your phone use both protocols without you noticing.
But that's not the whole picture.
To survive, we've used NAT (Network Address Translation), which allows a single public IP to be shared by hundreds of devices in a home or business. It's a useful patch, but it breaks the original Internet philosophy: point-to-point connection. With IPv6, NAT is no longer necessary.
Evidence is key.
Full analysis: IPv6 and IPv4 Exhaustion: The Long Road to an Infinite Internet

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