IPv6 is Here

shawn(at)fsu writes "Reuters is running a story that Vinton Cerf of the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) says that "IPv6 been added to its root server systems" I like how they said that it will run along side IPv4 for 20 years to get rid of the bugs. A few previous Slashdot stories out of many here, here and here"

20 years to work out the bugs?

[Michael Dorfman]

That's optimistic.

I do wish

[tekiegreg]

I could get something equivalent to my own Class A block of IPv6 addresses for my home. I'd give every object in my apartment an assigned IP Address. How the pieces of toilet paper get access to the Internet would remain to be seen, but at least on paper (heh) it would have an IP Address. And why not? So many IP addresses possible I could have my own class A block (or IPv6 equivalent) and hardly put a dent in the amount of available IPv6 addresses...but until an ISP offering DSL in my area supports IPv6 I'm outta luck...

20 years of Bug Testing?

[Anonymous Coward]

Sounds like an open source project to me. I'm surprised they didn't just rename it to IPv0.4 so they could use the fact that it's pre-1.0 as a safety net for bugs, etc.

Feeling Old

[Prince Vegeta SSJ4]

It seems like just yesterday, I was surfing the Web, telnetting ports and Cracking warez with little old IPv1, strange - we are on v6 now and I dont even remember 5. guess I'm suffering from geezer syndrome.

Re:v6 could help solve some net problems

[Anonymous Coward]

...because no one should ever need more than 100,000 trillion trillion billion RA--err, IP addresses.

Re:First Post!!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Someday, I hope you will have the opportunity to explain to your grandchildren how YOU FAIL IT!

My coffee grinder needs an IP...

[Saeed al-Sahaf]

Excellent. My shoe polisher needs an IP address. So does my bottle of shampoo.

Duke Nukem Forever

[awhelan]

Sweet! All the bugs will be worked out just in time to play Duke Nukem Forever online!

other companies should consider

[fonzer]

like maybe microsoft builds a actually decent operating system and has it run along side 3.0 for twenty years

Personally...

[aznxk3vi17]

I, personally, am looking forward to accessing the internet from the toilet paper I'm about to use to wipe my ass, while the toilet sends data about my fecal matter to the health department website, where they analyze to see if my poopy is healthy. Then, after the flush, the water pipes measure the amount of water going through them and access my water bill through the internet, telling me how much I've spent.

What, can you think of better uses for a mole of IPs per square foot?

Will arrive soon!

[novakane007]

"I like how they said that it will run along side IPv4 for 20 years to get rid of the bugs"
Fantatstic! This means it will only be another 20 years before we get a mass roll out of IPv6. *grin*

Re:v6 could help solve some net problems

[Matey-O]

IPv6 is big enough to give a class C subnet to every living person on the planet...I don't think static addressing will be necessary. Man, I don't think I'll be albe to rewire my brain to rember ssh 100.100.100.100.100

Re:A brief and redundant article

[AndroidCat]

A modest proposal: Add mark-up to domain names. Then you could have slashdot.org, slashdot.org and slashdot.org as different domains. Add in fonts and colour, and the numbers are huge! (I'd want to register microsoft.com in green Barf-Bold, but their lawyers might object.)

Re:IANA request

[Eslyjah]

Why would I think you are a request? Of course you're not!

HL2/DoomIII

[wowbagger]

Yes, but do HalfLife 2 and DoomIII support IPv6?

Until these two critical applications support it, I ain't agonna go!

RFID here we come.

[Prince Vegeta SSJ4]

How the pieces of toilet paper get access to the Internet would remain to be seen

Easy, RFID chips implanted in every sheet. Then when you visit the store

• Greetings Mr. Cornholio, your last sheet of toilet paper indicated that you ate too much cheese and not enough fiber, visit aisle 9 we are having a sale on Ex-Lax.

Re:I do wish

[Unnngh!]

do you put microchips in your pieces of toilet paper?

Well, with hardware being free in the future and all, sure, why not! Imagine a beowolf cluster of those;)

Re:My coffee grinder needs an IP...

[TobiasSodergren]

Bad idea.. Some mischevieous person might unleash a Denial Of Schampoo attach when you're in the shower.

I, for one, welcome our new IPv6 overlords

[pilsen]

I, for one, welcome our new IPv6 overlords.

Abbreviated number of the beast

[BigGar']

ipv6 or ipv666

Take the following:
Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

With no ipv6 number you will not be able to buy or sell and it's long so you'll have to write it down somewhere where you'll always have it, say on the back of your hand. ipv6 is simply ipv666 shortended up a bit to hit the true meaning.

There you have it, conclusive proof.
We are in the end of day's.

repent, Repent, REPENT!!!!

Hmph! Whippersnappers!

[operagost]

What do you young'uns need with all those IP addresses? In my day, we only had eight, and they were big and bulky. We didn't have any fancy network address translation, you had to put your 80 pound IP address in your wheelbarrow and roll it across town so Joe Billy Bob Joe Bob could use it! And ol' Joe Bob sure would give you a sound whuppin' if you was late with his IP address!

Re:v6 could help solve some net problems

[M1FCJ]

Wait until "smart dust" concept really kicks in. A mole of (6.22x10^23) nanorobots will eat into your IPv6 numberspace pretty easily.