!@#$% Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Google, Facebook test IPv6 Internet upgrade NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Today hundreds of Internet giants, including Google and Facebook, are participating in the first worldwide "test flight" of a major engineering upgrade to the Internet's infrastructure. You didn't notice a thing? Good. Wednesday is World IPv6 Day, a clunky name for an experiment that should be invisible to Web surfers but plays a critical role in keeping the Internet running smoothly. One of the Net's foundational layers is the Internet Protocol, a global communications standard used for linking connected devices together. Every networked device you own -- your PC, smartphone, laptop, tablet and other gizmos -- has a unique IP address. The problem is that we're running out of them. The current system, called IPv4, has the technical capacity to handle 4.3 billion addresses. They're almost all used up: The last remaining batch was assigned out in February. The solution is a next-generation protocol called IPv6. Just as the U.S. telephone system handled soaring growth by increasing the digits in each telephone number, the new IP system -- under development for more than 12 years -- uses longer addresses to fit more devices into the network. Internet is expanding at breakneck speed The old system could handle several billion addresses. IPv6 has room for 340 undecillion of them. That's 34 followed by 37 zeros -- enough for every human on Earth to have trillions of personal gadgets. :eek: But the two systems aren't easy to integrate; they're essentially parallel, independent networks. Internet service providers, operating system manufacturers, browser developers and website operators have been working for several years on the extensive technical changes needed for the switch. Wednesday's experiment is the first global road test of their work. For 24 hours, starting at midnight UTC (8 p.m. ET) more than 400 major websites around the world are switching their sites over to IPv6 delivery. Google (GOOG, Fortune 500), Facebook and Yahoo (YHOO, Fortune 500) are leading the charge. When all works well, users won't even notice the change. http://money.cnn.com/2011/06/08/technology/ipv6_day_google_facebook/index.htm?hpt=hp_t2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 fuckin spam. i'll get to you assholes later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen X Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Cheers to a much needed upgrade! Why, I rememberwhen I banned OAklawn6392-5 back in '99. Nearly crashed the switchboard! Good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 hahaha thanks swif. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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