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This current set of rules used for Internet addresses, IPv4, became the Internet
standard in 1981 and at that time it seemed as though it would provide enough
addresses to last forever. But forever turned out to be a lot shorter than anyone
anticipated, and the range of numbers used under the IPv4 is slowly running out;
about two thirds of the 4.3 billion numbers allocated have been used. So a new set
of rules, called IPv6, was created. IPv6 will increase the number of numerical
addresses to 340 billion, billion, billion, billion numbers. This should be enough for
the life of the Internet, in any event, regardless of how many computers, devices, or
imaginary beings need to connect to it. IPv6 is also supposed to add reliability and
security enhancements because of such features as built-in encryption.
I would not panic about some overnight shift from IPv4 to IPv6. Cerf said that the
plan is for IPv6 to run parallel to IPv4 for about 20 years to ensure that any bugs or
system errors are discovered and corrected. For more information on IPv6, see the
IPv6 Information Page and read the November 2005 interview with Latif Ladid,
founder of the IPv6 Forum, in which he asserts, "Overall, I would say that the show
is happening in Asia, and in five years time you can expect China to be the biggest
IPv6 user base in the world. By 2010 they will have two or three hundred million
people using IPv6. Today the Western world will be taken by surprise. We are
staying in denial.,,152 IPv6 migration will happen-it's only a matter of when, not if.
Ipv6 Information Page
http://www.ipv6.org/
152 Dahna McConnachie, "IPv6 Forum Chief: The New Internet is Ready for Consumption,"
Computerworld, 18 November 2005,
(15 November 2006).
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