Vint Cerf Keeps Blaming Himself For IPv4 Limit 309
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."
So, this is ALL YOUR FAULT! (Score:3, Funny)
... to quote that hilarious line from Idiocracy.
Re:So, this is ALL YOUR FAULT! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Don't blame him, thank him. (Score:5, Funny)
We should have put Gillette in charge of the solution. I'm pretty sure it would have been "fuck everything, we're doing 256-bit". IPv6 won't last long once we start assigning an IP address to everything* such as light bulbs, toasters, etc.
* no, we won't stop to think if we should. We'll only see that we can.
Re:Kinda silly. (Score:3, Funny)
It was pre-home computer revolution and nobody thought computers would shrink to the size of everybody's pockets (cellphones). Nobody thought we'd be using machines will a billion bits (or more) or memory. Back than ~4000 was considered a lot (it was the hardcoded limit for the Atari console). Everything was smaller in scale, and Mr. Cerf is not to blame for not predicting the invention of the Web Browser (killer app) and how it would reach into every facet of our lives.
Only those with no imagination---
I can say with a great deal of confidence that plenty of us knew what was coming.
Now who do we blame for 32-bit time_t on 32-bit iron? There's a relatively new OS that lots of people use today that didn't have any ABI concerns when it was in its infancy, yet its creator didn't have the vision to see beyond doing pretty much what everyone else had done before him. (And I won't name him because then I'll just get modded a troll. But I bet you can guess who it is.)
Re:Don't blame him, thank him. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Build it Bigger (Score:4, Funny)
... the lesson learned is that whenever you are planning on building something technical, be sure to go wayyyy overboard on the size and scope of the projected requirements in order to future-proof the technology.
Yeah! That's why we should be building CPUs with 1024-bit addresses!
Re:Glad thats sorted out! (Score:2, Funny)
Same thing that happened to our razor blades [theonion.com].
Re:Don't blame him, thank him. (Score:5, Funny)
Eh, that's a lot of toasters to use up 3.4*10^38 addresses. If a toaster takes up a square metre (big toaster), you'd have to stack them ten billion high over every single metre of the Earth to use them up.
Re:Glad thats sorted out! (Score:2, Funny)
You're new here, aren't you?
Omnifarious (11933)
The five digit UID somewhat disputes your position...
-AC
Re:Things people do... (Score:5, Funny)
We all know it wasn't him. Seriously - is there anyone here who doesn't know who algoreithms are named after?
Re:Don't blame him, thank him. (Score:3, Funny)
I think that the IPv6 space is big enough to give an address to every molecule in the solar system.
Yeah, but there are a lot of other solar systems. That's why I'm switching to IPV7 with 256-bit addresses.
Of course the cross-galaxy ping time is a bit of a problem.
Re:Why is 127.0.0.1 in a class A? (Score:4, Funny)
I don't know about you, but I'm extremely satisfied that my interface's home is in a Class A network.
I mean, who wants to live in a sub-class neighborhood?
Just remove the dots (Score:1, Funny)
That'll give us 3 more spaces we can use! ;-)
Re:Glad thats sorted out! (Score:3, Funny)
The word you want is "whoosh".