IPv4 vs IPv6: The Road Ahead

jeffy124 writes "With the world moving towards having every device under the sun being Internet-connected, is the Internet going to be too large? This article off CNN.com examines this potential situation. They look into the problems of switching networks from IPv4 to IPv6, and the inclusion of inter-operability between the two. Benefits of moving to IPv6 are looked at, but so are the critics of it who point out that if we don't have a problem now, why fix it? While low of technical details, the story points out that not many systems out there currently support IPv6. "

Comments

When it's time for IPv6,

[The_Messenger]

Windows NT will be ready. Windows NT was the first network operating system to support IPv6, and also includes support for the next-generation MSIPv8, also known as Microsoft IP 2004. MSIPv8 enhances the usability and managabilty of the Internet Protocal through versitile .NET servives and intuitive Web-enabled application diversification.

We're living in a wired world, and Windows NT provides the computing tools that we need to do ebusiness, as well as iPlay. Remember, Microsoft Windows NT: it doesn't get any better than this!

NEVER FEAR CONSUMER UNITS!

[sllort]

"For instance, do people really want a unique address for a refrigerator -- allowing hackers to spy on individual eating habits -- or order you a truckload of milk?"

Do not fear, Consumer/Citizen #238o47234-9. We have taken care of the threat of the evil hackers. We have applied Purchase::Courts in order to prosecute, convict & incarcerate Evil Hacker Units for crimes we think they'll commit in the future, preventing them from ever happening. We call this "time-shifted law enforcement".

Do not fear, Consumer Units. We will prevent Technology::IPV6 from being used to order too much Commodity::Milk.

Everything has been rendered extraordinarily safe.

Re:Yickers...no more food security?

[Anonymous Coward]

Screw that. I'll create my own in house lan, and hook my beer fridge up to 192.168.1.24