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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"
That's optimistic.
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...
...in bed
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.
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.
...because no one should ever need more than 100,000 trillion trillion billion RA--err, IP addresses.
Someday, I hope you will have the opportunity to explain to your grandchildren how YOU FAIL IT!
Excellent. My shoe polisher needs an IP address. So does my bottle of shampoo.
"Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
Sweet! All the bugs will be worked out just in time to play Duke Nukem Forever online!
like maybe microsoft builds a actually decent operating system and has it run along side 3.0 for twenty years
What, can you think of better uses for a mole of IPs per square foot?
"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*
WURD!!
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
"Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus."
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.)
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Why would I think you are a request? Of course you're not!
Yes, but do HalfLife 2 and DoomIII support IPv6?
Until these two critical applications support it, I ain't agonna go!
www.eFax.com are spammers
Easy, RFID chips implanted in every sheet. Then when you visit the store
I, for one, welcome our new IPv6 overlords.
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!!!!
Shop smart, Shop S-Mart.
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!
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
Wait until "smart dust" concept really kicks in. A mole of (6.22x10^23) nanorobots will eat into your IPv6 numberspace pretty easily.