IPv4 Address Crunch In 2 Years, IPv6 Not Ready

An anonymous reader writes "We've known for ages that IPv4 was going to run out of addresses — now, it's happening. IPv6 was going to save us — it isn't. The upcoming crisis will hit, perhaps as soon as 2010, but nobody can agree on what to do. The three options are all pretty scary. This article covers the background, and links to a presentation by Randy Bush (PDF) that shows the reality of the problem in stark detail."

The obvious solution is IPv5

[Anonymous Coward]

If IPv4 runs out and we can't use IPv6, then I guess we split the difference and use IPv5

Is this REALLY a problem?

[wild_quinine]

Is this really a problem for most people? NAT really.

Re:Dupe

[Anonymous Coward]

Not dupe! That story is titled "One Step Closer to IPv6"... This one is "798 steps to go"

simple: ip cohabitation

[circletimessquare]

i'm sharing my blog ip address with a porn site dedicated to a fetish for women with moustaches, some guy's home security system in hong kong, a government bureaucrat's cell phone in helsinki, and an email server for a truck dispatching company waco texas

i think it's also a pretty good premise for a reality show or situation comedy

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Just buy a cheap SOHO router

[blake1]

And put China behind it. IPv4 addresses, plenty. Botnet problem, solved.

America Will reign supreme!

[140Mandak262Jamuna]

America will then become the Saudi Arabia of ip addresses. Price of oil will drop to something 200,000,000 barrels for one address. Woot!

One correction

[Random Q. Hacker]

"... shows the reality of the problem in stark detail."

s/stark detail/comic sans/;

Re:Well duh

[KiloByte]

Besides, they can always just start taking away all those spam sites that offer no real content and just distribute those to other

Actually, the spammers/phishers are already doing their utmost to stop eating new IPv4 addresses, and conserve them by using existing IPs of random Windows boxes. See, who's the bad guys now?

Re:Time for the Government(s)?

[zsau]

Or just ban porn sites from using IPv4. Everyone's happy then: Think of the Children types will have porn apparently banned, techies will see IPv6 adopted widely, and civil liberties types will have porn available if they want it.

Re:Well duh

[argiedot]

Absolutely, reminds me of an old joke:

• Visitor: If there's quicksand in this part near the town why don't you put up a sign?!
• Man: We did, but nobody was falling in so we thought it was useless.

Ha ha.

Re:Well duh

[somersault]

It's time for a new breed of man. One who isn't afraid to get his hands dirty, but can also wash them when it's time to meet the management. Someone who can make time to shower and shave every morning. Someone who's novelty geek mug will be understood by even those who think that having spyware makes them a secret agent. Ladies and - oh wait, scratch that. *ahem* Gentlemen! Today I introduce a new template class - the Geexecutive! Get implementing!

Re:Not compatible, not happening

[powerlord]

Actually, that makes it sound lots more appealing. :)

Re:Well duh

[Anonymous Coward]

Why don't we send intel a bill of $1 per each of their 72,000,000 IP4s, and DEC, and IBM, ... each year, and let them lead the way to IPV6.

Re:Well duh

[Bazman]

Yeah it's the pr0n sites' fault. Now, google search for the article by Randy Bush.....