On Thursday, the last top level block of free Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses was assigned, igniting a discussion about the future of the Internet and its rapid expansion to more locations and devices.
IPv4 uses 32bit addressing to route data packets across the Internet, providing for 232 addresses, or 4,294,967,296 addresses. Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is intended ... [ read the full article ]
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