RE: Found: Who is responsible for no more IP addresses

[Brian Johnson <bjohnson () drtel com>]

I'm a bit torn on this issue. I haven't even heard any other "main-stream" sources say anything on this topic. But 
Incorrect info is bad too.

I hope the viewers who watched this are getting the gist that "Something wicked this way comes". :)

LOL

 - Brian J.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Owen DeLong [mailto:owen () delong com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 7:49 AM
> To: Nick Hilliard
> Cc: nanog () nanog org
> Subject: Re: Found: Who is responsible for no more IP addresses
>
>
> On Jan 27, 2011, at 4:24 AM, Nick Hilliard wrote:
>
> > On 27/01/2011 11:21, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
> > > "I thought it was an experiment and I thought that 4.3 billion IPv4
> > > addresses would be enough to do an experiment," Cerf was quoted as
> saying,
> > > adding it is his "fault" that "we were running out of the addresses.""
> >
> > Fortunately, web developers have fixed the problem according to Fox news:
> >
> > http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/01/26/internet-run-ip-addresses-
> happens-anyones-guess/
> > "Web developers have tried to compensate for this problem by creating
> IPv6 -- a system that recognizes six-digit IP addresses rather than four-digit
> ones."
> >
> Consider the source... Fox -- All the news that's fit to misquote. (or something
> like that).
>
> Those guys never get anything technical or political right.*
>
> > It will be difficult initially, though:
> >
> > "But IPv6 isn't backwards-compatible with IPv4, meaning that it's not able to
> read most content that operates on an IPv4 system. At best, the user
> experience will be clunky and slow. At worst, instead of a webpage, all users
> will be able to view is a blank page."
> > I'm glad Fox has cleared all this up for us.
> ROFLMAO
>
> Owen
>
> *In order for Fox to sue me for libel, they first have to prove my statement is
> false.