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Vint Cerf Keeps Blaming Himself For IPv4 Limit

Posted by kdawson on from the mea-maxima-culpa dept.

netbuzz writes "Everyone knows that IPv4 addresses are nearly gone and the ongoing move to IPv6 is inevitable if not exactly welcomed by all. If you've ever wondered why the IT world finds itself in this situation, Vint Cerf, known far and wide as one of the fathers of the Internet, wants you to know that it's OK to blame him. He certainly does so himself. In fact, he does so time and time and time again."

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  1. Any one writing about by geekoid · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    the internet and doesn't know what HP is should go to write about boy bands.
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  2. Re:Build it Bigger by jd · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    128-bit logic was being developed in the 1970s. I could easily see 256-bit processors being of practical use today (since UUIDs, IPv6 addresses, and other portable data types tend to be 128-bits and it's handy to be able to handle two objects at the same time). This would imply that a "next-generation" processor should really be 512-bits.

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