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One Step Closer to IPv6
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.'"
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.
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Sadly, it can't Talk dirEctly to my Next-DOor neighbor, who runs an equally large neTwork.
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Maybe we can finally get rid of the abomination that is NAT. Then all those Windows machines will become exposed to the Real Internet, and the false sense of security granted by their little home router will shatter the illusion of Windows stability once and for all.
Either that, or router manufacturers will start including SPI firewalls that aren't completely useless.
I completely agree with you. That is why I am going to pledge my entire allocation of the 10.0.0.0/8 network back to the IANA. As long as we ensure that it is reallocated properly, I think it will be a huge benefit for the Internet as a whole. For those of you who might control a part of or the entire 172.16.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16 network, you might want to ask yourself this question: do I really need that many addresses?
just switch to IPv5 until things get sorted out
Have we reached Peak IP?
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Didn't Bill Gates once say, "127.0.0.1 should be enough for anybody." Damn, he's always so short sited.
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This is all Al Gore's doing, I just know it. Go make the internet again, and this time do it right!
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I just hope that the guy who holds the 127.0.0.0/8 network never follows suit. All his hosts have the largest pr0n collection I've ever seen!
But 3% of 2011 is over 60 years!
I'm not sure we'll ever completely run out of ipv4 addresses... think of it like toothpaste in a tube. We never really run out, it just gets harder and harder to extract a large enough quantity to become useful.
Ipv6 will eventually become *easier* - and it's at THAT point that we'll all clamor aboard the train.