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Creator of the Internet Explains How He’d Reinvent it Now
Vinton Cerf – the recognised ‘father’ of the internet – while proud of what he helped create, has outlined how, given the chance of a do-over, he would revise the technology. Cerf has explained how he wishes he’d have included 128-bit address space to prevent the current ordeal of switching …
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IPv6 Adoption Still Shockingly Low Despite 20th Anniversary
The IPv6 specifications aren’t new on the block, in fact, the Internet Engineering Group and the Internet Engineering Task Force, IETF, officially announced the IPv6 specifications back in December 1995 which was 20 years ago by now. Despite its age, the IPv6 adoption rate is still shockingly low and only…
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North America Has Run Out of IP Addresses
The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), the regional internet registry body for the US, Canada, the Caribbean, and the North Atlantic Islands, has revealed that it has run out of IPv4 addresses. There’s no need to panic, though: Europe ran out of IP addresses three years ago, with Africa…
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IPv4 Addresses Are Becoming Scarce in the US
We already know that the internet is expanding at a rapid pace and that we’re soon going to need some infrastructural improvements in order to sustain it. Furthermore, it looks like IPv4 addresses are becoming quite scarce, especially in the US, as the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) recently…
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Popular Torrents Being Sabotaged by ipv6 Peer Flood
Torrenting, a rather simple method of sharing files between several computers over the internet. Unknown attackers are sabotaging popular TV and movie torrents by flooding them with IPv6 peers. The vulnerability, which affects the popular uTorrent client, makes it nearly impossible for torrent users to download files. It’s unclear who’s…
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US IPv4 Address Pool Reported to Be at Its Last Drop
Well folks, the time has come to gradually transition from IPv4 towards IPv6. But don’t panic! Everyone was aware of the change and the limit is expected to be reached, as previously analysis show, sometime this summer. Will this affect your everyday user? Of course not, people will most probably…
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Better Connections Offered With Bluetooth 4.1
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced the Bluetooth 4.1, which prepares Bluetooth devices for the Internet of Things by laying the groundwork for IP-based connections, similar to the way a router connects to multiple Wi-Fi enabled devices, extending Bluetooth technology’s role as the essential wireless link for the IoT. The…
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