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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."

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  1. John "Dishoner" McCain by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    John McCain proves day after day that even a war hero can be a dishonerable piece of shit.

    Weather its outright lying about the issues, his record, his positions - or lying about Barack Obama one thing is clear.

    John McCain has no honor, no integritity, and is generally a bad person.
    Eat shit, douchbag MccCAin and shove your stealth racism campaign up your corrupt ass.

  2. This is what happens when... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the ultra-left is given a seat at the idealogical table:

    http://www.wnbc.com/news/17539627/detail.html

    Ben & Jerry's was way too accommodating in their reply. They should have told PETA to fuck off. They'd only have lost like 1 or 2 customers.

  3. Re:Blocks vs. sub-blocks. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why isn't there -1, Dis-informative?

  4. Re:They'll just do what they always do by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Impose a one IP address per family rule...

    Yes, but how is this going to solve the problems with crappy Javascript everywhere in Slashdot? The site used to be accessible two years ago, it is now driving me nuts with that threshold control in the left.