I certainly accept that 128 bits theoratically gives
a huge amount of binaries possibilities. What I meant is that any addressing scheme
calls for some order is of the essence and until it has been devised and accepted
128 bits and its billions of possibilities only represent 16 characters.For the
time being tghe internet addressing scheme is chaos bothe with its bone and its flesh
: with IP addresses and the domain names.
If I think some order is necessary in
domain names with a few gTLD allowing registrations by formats of domain names to
protect property rights and innovation, it is obvious that order should come through
IP adresses.
Then I know three things:
- this is a non CPU but human being issue,
with national, political, cross-technology issues, etc... I know it will take time
and controversy, so any standardization will be able to develop into a small portion
of the 128bits (look at the IPv4 situation: chances are that in 2020, 2000 decisions
will look as 1980 decisions look today).
- 67 bytes + hundreds of TLDs are not
enough in the freeworld of domain names and we think a few extra TLDs and new character
sets.
- CCITT, ie the UN boddy for Telecom specified that addresses will not grow
beyond 32 digits, i.e. be coded over more than 256 bits.
Again, I know and
I agree with all your responses. I just wanted to point out that we have plenty of
possible addresses, but as long as we have not thought and decided about the way
we use it, we will not know if we have enough of hem. I know we studied this 15 years
ago (when nobody thought about the service mix of the today internet) at top international
level, all the operators, all the countries, US State Department and all and we voted
no. I also see that the market with only a few millions of users and all the possiblities
of more than 512 bits says it has a real problem.