--- title: Worth Reading: Non-Standard Standards, SRv6 Edition «... description: A brief commentary pointing to Andrew Alston's critique of SRv6, arguing that like EVPN before it, SRv6 suffers from fragmented vendor implementations of the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-non-standard-standards-srv6-edition-ipspace-net-blog-ptp5dmekh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Worth Reading: Non-Standard Standards, SRv6 Edition « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: A brief commentary pointing to Andrew Alston's critique of SRv6, arguing that like EVPN before it, SRv6 suffers from fragmented vendor implementations of the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-non-standard-standards-srv6-edition-ipspace-net-blog-ptp5dmekh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Ptp5DmEKH.png og:image:alt: Worth Reading: Non-Standard Standards, SRv6 Edition « ipSpace.net blog og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Worth Reading: Non-Standard Standards, SRv6 Edition « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A brief commentary pointing to Andrew Alston's critique of SRv6, arguing that like EVPN before it, SRv6 suffers from fragmented vendor implementations of the standard, creating interoperability problems. The post also references a prior piece highlighting SRv6's security issues, painting a picture of a standard that is both inconsistently implemented and insecure. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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