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iPhone App Predicts IPv4 Doomsday

Posted by samzenpus on from the the-clock-is-ticking dept.

angry tapir writes "If you're the kind of person who walks down the street worrying about the depletion of IPv4 addresses, the iPhone can now tell you how long you have until that happens. IPv6 network backbone and collocation provider Hurricane Electric has introduced an iPhone application that counts down the number of days until that moment of reckoning."

2 comments

  1. Correct calculation by Noam.of.Doom · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does the app also take into account that IPv4 doesn't excercise and smokes a pack every day ?

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    It is the universe that makes fun of us all.
  2. Here lies teh internets by EkriirkE · · Score: 1

    1.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.254

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    from 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
    to 45 2F 6E 40 3C DF 10 71 4E 41 DF AA 25 7D 31 3F