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Jen Linkova

Internet standards contributor and co-author of IETF work on IPv6-only operation, PREF64 discovery and IPv4-on-demand deployment.

Public role: Internet standards contributor and co-author of IETF work on IPv6-only operation, PREF64 discovery and IPv4-on-demand deployment.

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Public roleInternet standards contributor and co-author of IETF work on IPv6-only operation, PREF64 discovery and IPv4-on-demand deployment.Medium confidence
Source basisPublic directory evidenceMedium confidence
Last verifiedAug 29, 2026High confidence

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NameJen LinkovaHigh confidence
Public roleInternet standards contributor and co-author of IETF work on IPv6-only operation, PREF64 discovery and IPv4-on-demand deployment.Medium confidence
Last verifiedAug 29, 2026High confidence

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Editorial contextJen Linkova and the Five-Minute Clock That Kept IPv4 on Call, The most revealing part of RFC 8925 is not that a device can decline an IPv4 address. It is that the refusal expires. A client asks for DHCPv4 option 108, a configured server returns a waiting time, and the client pauses DHCPv4 only until that clock runs out or the network changes underneath it. Jen Linkova’s work as a co-author turns “switch IPv4 off” from a slogan into a reversible, per-interface experiment—one that can reveal demand, but only if operators keep capability, translation readiness and actual application success in separate ledgers.Medium confidence