Govt starts 6 month study of new internet technology IPv6

[dnuggett]

The story

 

[XZeroII]

IPv6 is not new. It's been around for years. It's just never been implemented on a large scale.

 

[Witling]

There's a story on this in the November edition of CPU (Computer Power User). It's a computer mag that's edited by some Indian (I think) guy who just got married. I think he runs a tech web site too.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Whitling
There's a story on this in the November edition of CPU (Computer Power User). It's a computer mag that's edited by some Indian (I think) guy who just got married. I think he runs a tech web site too.

Anand?

 

[dnuggett]

That'd be Anand.

 

[Witling]

Yes, it's Anand. The magazine is a cut or two above the ordinary "How to Make Your Desktop Yours" mag. It has some fairly serious articles.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

Hehe.

 

[Tripleshot]

IPv6 extends the address length to 128 bits, or around 340 billion billion billion billion unique addresses.

I think that is enough to last the world wide web and the DOD a very, very long time.