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Sale of IPv4 Addresses Hindering IPv6 Adoption

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday July 18, 2012 @07:57AM from the can-we-blame-al-gore-for-this dept.

hal9000(jr) writes "While IPv6 day was a successful marketing campaign, is anyone really moving to IPv6? On World Launch Day, Arbor Networks noted a peak of only .2% of IPv6 network traffic. It appears that IPv4 addresses are still valuable and are driving hosting acquisitions. Windows 8 will actually prefer IPv6 over IPv4. If you want IPv6, here's what to do about it."

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Buy an IPv4 Address Here!! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-18 08:05 · Score: 5, Funny

For sale, one barely used 127.0.0.1 ip address. $5000. First come first serve!
1. Re:Buy an IPv4 Address Here!! by sick_uf_u · 2012-07-18 08:19 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  That address is like the village bicycle... or like all the villagers' bicycles.
2. Re:Buy an IPv4 Address Here!! by jd2112 · 2012-07-18 08:36 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  For sale, one barely used 127.0.0.1 ip address. $5000. First come first serve!
  I'll show you. I'm going to launch a DDOS attack against that IP and then we'll see how much you can sell it f[NO CARRIER]
  
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