IP addresses on the brink of extinction Internet

October 8, 2008

The current internet protocol version four (IPv4) system had a total of 4.2 billion addresses when the internet was founded in 1977. Each of the IPv4 addresses has a series of 32 binary numbers.

A new system is called IPv6, with 128 bits-long addresses providing 3.4×10^38 address space. It is already used in Japan for seismic alerts through television programmes and turning traffic lights red.

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