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July 30, 2010
Information technology experts are warning that unless action is taken we will run out of internet addresses – four number sequences that identify a device connected to the internet or a web site – within a year.
The current protocol, IPv4 allows for a maximum of 4 billion addresses. It was designed before personal computers and mobile phones became the norm and certainly before anyone anticipated that appliances such as fridges would one day be connected.
A replacement protocol, IPv6, is available but will be expensive to implement. ISPs and consumers will have to do significant software upgrades and in many cases replace hardware. Stop-gap solutions are likely to break many net applications.
Source: ShortNews
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