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IPv4 Address Crunch In 2 Years, IPv6 Not Ready

Posted by kdawson on from the told-ya dept.

An anonymous reader writes "We've known for ages that IPv4 was going to run out of addresses — now, it's happening. IPv6 was going to save us — it isn't. The upcoming crisis will hit, perhaps as soon as 2010, but nobody can agree on what to do. The three options are all pretty scary. This article covers the background, and links to a presentation by Randy Bush (PDF) that shows the reality of the problem in stark detail."

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  1. Is this REALLY a problem? by wild_quinine · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is this really a problem for most people? NAT really.

  2. Just buy a cheap SOHO router by blake1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    And put China behind it. IPv4 addresses, plenty. Botnet problem, solved.

  3. Re:Time for the Government(s)? by zsau · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or just ban porn sites from using IPv4. Everyone's happy then: Think of the Children types will have porn apparently banned, techies will see IPv6 adopted widely, and civil liberties types will have porn available if they want it.

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  4. Re:Well duh by argiedot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Absolutely, reminds me of an old joke:

    • Visitor: If there's quicksand in this part near the town why don't you put up a sign?!
    • Man: We did, but nobody was falling in so we thought it was useless.
    Ha ha.