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No more excuses, time to roll out IPv6, says registry boss |
June 26, 2014
As the dwindling number of IPv4 addresses starts to cause problems for organizations around the world, time has come to roll out IPv6 on a larger scale and leave behind dead-end technologies that delay the inevitable, according to the chief of the regional Internet registry in Asia-Pacific.The newer version of the IP (Internet Protocol) adds an almost inexhaustible number of addresses thanks to a 128-bit long address field, compared to the 32 bits used by version 4. Since every connected device on the Internet needs an IP address, there is increasing pressure to move to IPv6 as more non-computer devices come online in the so-called Internet of things.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2380860/no-more-excuses-time-to-roll-out-ipv6-says-registry-boss.html#tk.rss_all
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