At Current Rates, Only a Few More Years' Worth of IPv4 Addresses 460
An anonymous reader excerpts from an interesting article at Ars Technica, which begins "There are 3,706,650,624 usable IPv4 addresses. On January 1, 2000, approximately 1,615 million (44 percent) were in use and 2,092 million were still available. Today, ten years later, 2,985 million addresses (81 percent) are in use, and 722 million are still free. In that time, the number of addresses used per year increased from 79 million in 2000 to 203 million in 2009. So it's a near certainty that before Barack Obama vacates the White House, we'll be out of IPv4 address[es]. (Even if he doesn't get re-elected.)"
No, that's propaganda (Score:5, Funny)
We'll never run out of IPv4 addresses. "Peak-IPv4" is a myth created by those who hate America and want Asia's IPv6 to take over. 4 octets forever!
::1 (Score:5, Funny)
I've already got MY ipv6 address.
Let me be the first to say ... (Score:5, Funny)
4 octets should be enough for everyone.
Bono should be pleased... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ah but...! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:No, that's propaganda (Score:1, Funny)
It's a liberal myth created by Nazi Corporist Jews to take over the IP world and land a fake man on the moon while shooting JFK wearing an Elvis mask from a black helicopter with "UFO" painted on the side just before crashing into the twin towers.
Re:How many more times are we going to run out? (Score:3, Funny)
As long as they don't take away 69.69.69.69 from it's owner:
$ host 69.69.69.69
69.69.69.69.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer the-coolest-ip-on-the-net.com.
Re:::1 (Score:5, Funny)
You can't reach loopback?
Re:Every two years? Hah. More like twice a year (Score:5, Funny)
No no, after December 21, 2012 all the addresses will be available!!
idea: switch to alphanumeric (Score:5, Funny)
1h2.tyj.56j.0as
I think that would solve the problem permanently.
The real answer... (Score:3, Funny)
...is to go back to UUCP bang addresses. Pathalias can handle routing.
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ihnp4!stolaf!bungia!foundln!john
Re:No, that's propaganda (Score:2, Funny)
IANA has in place an agreement
Is anyone else's brain tripping on this as badly as mine? I Am Not A "Has in place an agreement"? What the hell is a "has in place an agreement", and why would your lack of being one make you unqualified?
Stupid memes, acronyms.