>It is gradually becoming acceptable to dismiss IPv6 and suggest searching for a modern, practically minded alternative. Important first step in untangling the mess.
>Naturally opinions vary as to what exactly would constitute modern. Common complaint is the significant mixing of OSI layers, in particular application level concerns like significant baggage of encryption & authentication. And then there's my pet peeve of BSD Sockets API incompatibility which was introduced accidentally.
IP reputation scoring is feasible with 4.3 billion IPv4 addresses.
That model breaks down when you’re dealing with 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 possible IPv6 addresses.