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China To Run Out of IPv4 Addresses In 830 Days
JagsLive writes "China is running out of IP addresses unless it makes the switch to IPv6. According to the China Internet Network Information Center, under the current allocation speed, China's IPv4 address resources can only meet the demand of 830 more days and if no proper measures are taken by then, new Chinese netizens will not be able to gain normal access to the Internet. Li Kai, director in charge of the IP business for CNNIC's international department, says that if a netizen wants to get access to the Internet, an IP address will be necessary to analyze the domain name and view the pages. At present, most of the networks in China use IPv4 addresses. As a basic resource for the Internet, the IPv4 addresses are limited and 80% of the final allocation IP addresses have been used."
Sounds like it will be easier than ever to ring the Wong number!
Smivs on the intertubes!
Really? I thought there was a separate internet in China...
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To get a quick infusion of 700 billion IP4 addresses -- NOW!
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Try the whole world. According to this counter, the world will be out of IPv4 addresses in 768 days.
So the world runs out of addresses before China runs out?
Did the Chinese government move themselves to outer space?
Help a man when he is in trouble and he will remember you when he is in trouble again.
A: Because it breaks the flow of a message.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
They're even running out of RFC 1918 addresses.
the LHC will end it quicker than that. They estimate some 90 days until they've got their repairs done ;)
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Impose a one IP address per family rule...
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Worse, they are using "netizen" to describe people who aren't on the internet. Kind of like calling someone a pilot if they would someday like to fly a plane.
The world is made by those who show up for the job.
Shame Lehman didn't have a /8 block.
One World, Two Internets.
It's got a nice ring to it. LOL
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Pease porride cold
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Kind of like calling someone a pilot if they would someday like to fly a plane.
Come now, this is Slashdot. It's actually more like calling someone a car mechanic, when they would some day like to work on cars.
-G
Their may be a grammatical error, misspeling, or evn a typo in this post.
Did the Chinese government move themselves to outer space?
Nop. They've enabled NAT on their national firewall.
"If anything can go wrong, it will." - Murphy
We've only used half the available numbers.
Just start using negative numbers: -248.100.-97.-201
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Quite so. It's simply good netiquette.
Peak IP4 is a myth; there are still plenty of addresses buried in the Canadian tar sands. However, in the short term, the only solution is to lift the ban on coastal drilling for IP4 addresses.
So you can connect to your fridge and see if your milk has gone off from outside your home?
No problem. Just forward port 6969 (the standard port for FAP or Fridge Access Protocol) to the 192.168.1.x internal IP assigned to your fridge. Then you can FAP anywhere you have Internet access.
He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.
Doesn't matter - the IPv4 shortage is a myth.
DeBeers actually has plenty, but they're being hoarded away in vaults in Antwerp to keep the price artificially high.
He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.
Dear Fridge,
You're out of SPAM!
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As much as technology will allow.
"But this one goes to 11!"