Alyx :neocat_flag_ace: on Nostr: Well, not on the organizational level, you're right. I mean, you can already do that. ...
Well, not on the organizational level, you're right. I mean, you can already do that. You can request a PI (provider-independent) IPv6 prefix from RIPE (through a sponsor) and then go to an ISP and ask them to announce it for you. (You probably won't find any home ISPs doing this, but various hosting companies do, for an additional fee, of course.)
But on the global implementation and technical level, the differences are enormous. The ISP has a large prefix, which they then subdivide into smaller ones internally.
If every user or customer were to delegate a prefix to their ISP, there would be no internal subdivision. Every single customer would have their own prefix, which can't really be aggregated into a larger one.
For example... The entire internet right now consists of about 1 million separate routes.
If every person or household were to have their own prefix, that would be 40 million just in Germany alone. Worldwide, we'd end up with around 5 billion. Probably even double that, since many people have multiple internet connections (home, mobile, office, etc.).
It's a huge difference if a router has to make decisions based on 1 million routes versus 5 to 10 billion routes.
Even if we ignore all the financial and technical hurdles that come with this, we still have to morally question whether the additional power consumption needed just for the computing is justified for what we would gain from it.
I honestly still think that the domain level is a sufficient enough provider independence which doesn't struggle with this issues due to the partially centralized nature of DNS.
But on the global implementation and technical level, the differences are enormous. The ISP has a large prefix, which they then subdivide into smaller ones internally.
If every user or customer were to delegate a prefix to their ISP, there would be no internal subdivision. Every single customer would have their own prefix, which can't really be aggregated into a larger one.
For example... The entire internet right now consists of about 1 million separate routes.
If every person or household were to have their own prefix, that would be 40 million just in Germany alone. Worldwide, we'd end up with around 5 billion. Probably even double that, since many people have multiple internet connections (home, mobile, office, etc.).
It's a huge difference if a router has to make decisions based on 1 million routes versus 5 to 10 billion routes.
Even if we ignore all the financial and technical hurdles that come with this, we still have to morally question whether the additional power consumption needed just for the computing is justified for what we would gain from it.
I honestly still think that the domain level is a sufficient enough provider independence which doesn't struggle with this issues due to the partially centralized nature of DNS.