Chicken Little was Wrong!

• This is far simpler to remedy than IPv4 address exhaustion, because

  • the solution need not impact end systems (hosts);
  • the solution need not impact DNS; and
  • the solution need not impact routers unless they speak BGP-4.

• Any solution is complicated by the need for backward compatibility and phased migration.

• Time until exhaustion is nonetheless sufficient to architect, design, implement and deploy solutions.

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