Vint Cerf Keeps Blaming Himself For IPv4 Limit

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."

Comments

Re:Glad thats sorted out!

[Anonymous Coward]

Who gives a flying fuck what *you* think?

Any one writing about

[geekoid]

the internet and doesn't know what HP is should go to write about boy bands.
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Re:Don't blame him, thank him.

[MichaelKristopeit 12]

it's a very good thing the ipv4 address space is 32-bit... without that limitation, the required hardware routers and switches required to make the internet word would have been too expensive to be feasible at the time.

the investors have recovered their investments, given time to build a surplus, and are now ready to place the ipv6 routers, which have come down in cost to an affordable $10M+ each, throughout the globe.

Re:Build it Bigger

[jd]

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.