Internet Running Out of Addresses, Warns Created 16 years ago2008-09-25 13:41:46 UTC by Tito

The world is about to run out of the Internet addresses that allow computers to identify each other and communicate, the man who co-developed the system has told The Times. Vint Cerf, often called the "father of the Internet" and one of the world's leading computer-networking scientists, said that businesses and consumers needed to act now to switch to the next generation of Internet addresses. Unless preparations were made now, he said, some computers might not be able to go online and the connectivity of the Internet might be damaged.

Cerf said that Internet service providers in particular needed to prepare, and that time was running out for a smooth transition. Every computer and online device is assigned a unique Internet Protocol address ? Windows users can look up theirs by opening a command-prompt window and typing "ipconfig" ? but the pool of unallocated numbers is about to dry up. "This is like the Internet running out of telephone numbers and with no new numbers, you can't have more subscribers," he said.

For the full report, go here: http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4819803.ece

Y2K 8 years later? OH NO

Oh yea. My guess is, people will start reacting when it actually happens, just like with everything else. But then again, it could be just all bullshit.

Nothing will happen. Mjeh.

Something will happen, just not now.

all we need to do is add another 2 or 3 decimal places
instead of say xxx.xxx.x.x
have the ips be xxx.xxx.xxx.xx.x or something.
Or. we can add a number system in there somewhere and make it even better.

1 word/acronym: IPv6.
Look it up.

This made me laugh at its stupidity.

Its exactly like when some fool said all the computers in the world would shut down because they couldn't display "2000" in their bios. Heh noob