Posted on 01/26/2011 12:18:01 PM PST by Sub-Driver
The Internet Is Nearly Out of IP Addresses
Published January 26, 2011 | News Corp Australian Papers
It's the end of the web as we know it.
Every Internet-connected computer, smartphone, car, gadget and gizmo is assigned a four-digit IP address that lets it communicate with the net, thanks to a system known as IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4). And the flood of new gadgets means we're running out of those addresses.
"That distribution system is coming to a close," said Geoff Hutson, the chief scientist at the Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC). In the coming few days and weeks -- no longer -- the central pool is going to run out.
Web developers have tried to compensate for this problem by creating IPv6 -- a system that recognizes six-digit IP addresses rather than four-digit ones.
But IPv6 isn't backwards-compatible with IPv4, meaning that it's not able to read most content that operates on an IPv4 system. At best, the user experience will be clunky and slow. At worst, instead of a webpage, all users will be able to view is a blank page.
Hutson said the problem and solution for the IP address shortage presents the classic Catch-22 situation.
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That all depends on if you want to have knowledge of those devices or not.
He beat me by about a decade...
Fri Apr 15 16:51:45 2005 · 120 of 148
null and void to TXnMA
Oh, it was just a response to a comment on another thread about chipping kids as a kidnap countermeasure.
It occured to me that when “they” were ready to start chipping us all the’d need to sell the idea.
So I imagined an advertising campaign, star athletes, golf, tennis, baseball, etc. saying “It’s all in the wrist”.
You know, seeing a 7-10 split being knocked down, the smug bowler eyes the camera and says “It’s all in the wrist!” Then the voiceover says “If Joe Bowldownski is injured, the doctors can treat him faster because his medical records are always with him”. Cut to Joe with a couple hot babes buying drinks with a wave of the hand. A sly wink, and “It’s all in the wrist!”...
Hey, don't look at me, I'm only using half of 'em.
That means there can be an IP address for every dollar of the national debt!
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