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Free IPv6 Subnets Are Going Away

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the for-a-glorious-tomorrow dept.

ar32h writes "The 6bone is going to be phased out soon. This means all of us who have IP addresses or subnets beginning with 3ffe from tunnel brokers like Freenet6 are going to be sorry out of luck." According to the linked phaseout plan, "It is anticipated that under this phaseout plan the 6bone will cease to operate by July 1, 2006, with all 6bone prefixes fully reclaimed by the IANA," but there are a number of sub-deadlines along the way.

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  1. haha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    sucks to be the people that use freenet! ha ha. . . oh wait.. that includes me. SHIT! =(

  2. Free IPv6 Subnets Are Going Away by Beliskner · · Score: 3, Funny
    Yeaahhhhhhh, the unstoppable march forward of technology, first the linux 2.4 kernel then this!

    Oh wait...

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  3. a bit like ICANN by more+fool+you · · Score: 5, Funny

    the IANA giveth, the IANA taketh away. Are they running out of addresses already?

  4. 2006? by RobertTaylor · · Score: 4, Funny

    2006? Who cares, we will all have jet cars by then...

    1. Re:2006? by Yebyen · · Score: 3, Funny

      And they'll all have their own IPV6 addresses...

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      Restating the obvious since nineteen aught five.
    2. Re:2006? by spinlocked · · Score: 4, Funny

      2006? Who cares, we will all have jet cars by then...

      We'll be able to deliver the packets by hand! How retrograde :)

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      # init 5
      Connection closed.

      Oh... ...bugger.
  5. IANA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Am I the only one who reads IANA as "I am not a?"

    1. Re:IANA by Jugalator · · Score: 4, Funny

      first time i read it as "I am not anal"

      Or, if you're a sci-fi nerd liking Isaac Asimov, you'd read IANAL as "I, Anal". ;-)

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  6. Heh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are they afraid they're gonna run out of IPs or something?

  7. Re:I don't by Peterus7 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Haha, I just can't wait till IPv7... According to Serial Experiment Lain, that will lead to a socially inept script kiddie/h4x0r-g0d ctr-alt-deleting reality.

  8. eh? by Gantic · · Score: 4, Funny

    6bone? Oh my, i've slipped onto one of those sites again! /me closes before mum walks in

  9. Re:Does anyone use 3ffe::/96 any more? by geniusj · · Score: 2, Funny

    /96? Nope.. But how about /16? :)

  10. reclaimed by the IANA...?! by lawpoop · · Score: 5, Funny

    What? You are not a what?!

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    Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
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  11. Re:If they want us to upgrade to IPv6... by Jellybob · · Score: 2, Funny

    /me watches everything said splat onto the wall behind his head.

    Never understood subnetting. Never will. Hope I don't need to ;)

  12. Re:1 IPv4 address = a /48 of IPv6 address space by cant_get_a_good_nick · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hereby claim 2002:7F00:0001::/48

  13. Re:IPv6 address allocations? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This sounds nice if everyone plays nice together. But did you go to highschool? Did everyone play nice together? No they did not. Ever live in a neighborhood where there is just one prick who likes to be the goofball and be a jerk.

    This is the problem MOST people would go along with it. But there would be 1 duffas that just has to be a pain. Not because he has a beef with everyone. He just does it just because he can.

    You will see all sorts of ip stealing and that sort of thing if there is NO one in charge. The current group in charge is WAY overcharging for what they do though... But then what do you expect out of agency that was once a goverment agency. They belive that money and growth is their god given right. Snorking that address space would need, no MUST have someone in charge of it. That sort of thing cost money unfortunatly.