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Title: The internet crunch looms
Post by: Pugnate on Monday, June 07, 2010, 01:14:48 PM

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/27/internet.crunch.2012/index.html?hpt=C1

Title: Re: The internet crunch looms
Post by: Cobra951 on Monday, June 07, 2010, 01:31:59 PM

With the millennium issue, we would assume any year expressed as 2 digits in a database needs 1900 added to it.  There would be some exceptions, but in the vast majority of cases, that solves the problem.  Why is it we can't do something similar with IPv4 addresses swimming in an IPv6 sea?

Title: Re: The internet crunch looms
Post by: idolminds on Monday, June 07, 2010, 02:04:53 PM

I don't know if I should be worried or not...

Title: Re: The internet crunch looms
Post by: Pugnate on Monday, June 07, 2010, 02:17:48 PM

There is too much money to be had from the internet for a collective effort not to be applied towards fixing this issue.

Title: Re: The internet crunch looms
Post by: K-man on Monday, June 07, 2010, 04:40:59 PM

Quote from: idolminds on Monday, June 07, 2010, 02:04:53 PM

I don't know if I should be worried or not...

You shouldn't be.  This is a prime example of sensationalist journalism.  Shit will be worked out in the end.

Title: Re: The internet crunch looms
Post by: scottws on Monday, June 07, 2010, 08:34:15 PM

While a huge majority of corporations aren't anywhere close to being ready to implement IPv6 internally, implementing it on the WAN interfaces isn't a huge deal and that's really all that is needed for now.