One Step Closer to IPv6 281
gbjbaanb writes "IPv6 came a step closer yesterday as ICANN added IPv6 host records to the root DNS servers, reports the BBC. 'Paul Twomey, president of Icann which oversees the addressing system, told the BBC News website there was a need to start moving to IPv6. "There's pressure for people to make the conversion to IPv6," he said. "We're pushing this as a major issue." The reason for the urgency, he said, was because the unallocated addresses from the total of 4,294,967,296 possible with IPv4 was rapidly running out. "We're down to 14% of the unallocated addresses out of the whole pool for version 4," he said. Projections suggest that this unallocated pool will run out by 2011 at the latest.'"
Oh Noes The Internets! (Score:2, Funny)
Seriously, though, I have a feeling that IPv4 will be saved by an ingenious tech solution far in advance of the world running out of addresses.
My home network allows over 10M hosts (Score:5, Funny)
Good. (Score:2, Funny)
Either that, or router manufacturers will start including SPI firewalls that aren't completely useless.
Re:Sad (Score:5, Funny)
temporary fix (Score:2, Funny)
Peak IP? (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Sad (Score:5, Funny)
Blame it on the man! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Sad (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Sad (Score:5, Funny)
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Just like toothpaste is more like it (Score:1, Funny)
Ipv6 will eventually become *easier* - and it's at THAT point that we'll all clamor aboard the train.