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Title: The Internet's Doomsday Scenario
Post by: Clive on November 12, 2010, 17:30

It sounds far-fetched, but a crisis with the potential to close off the Internet is imminent. The Daily Beast's Thomas E. Weber on the doomsday scenario you haven't heard about.

LINK (http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-11-09/ip-addresses-will-a-looming-shortage-shut-down-the-internet/?cid=hp:mainpromo7)

Title: Re: The Internet's Doomsday Scenario
Post by: Rik on November 12, 2010, 18:00

The journalists are working themselves up to another Millenium Bug non-issue. For the record, IDNet are IPv6 ready.

Title: Re: The Internet's Doomsday Scenario
Post by: Simon on November 12, 2010, 18:02

Great!  Does that mean we can have a day off?   :devil:

Title: Re: The Internet's Doomsday Scenario
Post by: Rik on November 12, 2010, 18:06

 ;D

The rest of your life if the doom-mongers have their way, Simon.

Title: Re: The Internet's Doomsday Scenario
Post by: sam on November 13, 2010, 02:38

f***ing idiots, everyone has been ready for this for such a long time, its just it will cause hassle and so people are avoid it. All new servers can cope, its just there are a few that can't. It will happen eventually, when it needs to. There is more pressing issues with the maximum hard disk size in computers at the moment - needs new bios' to go over 2TB really. (you see external drives bigger than that cause they have a second controller that does the work)

Title: Re: The Internet's Doomsday Scenario
Post by: Clive on November 13, 2010, 16:23

I knew I could rely on you Sam to provide a proper judgement on the article.   :cheers:

Title: Re: The Internet's Doomsday Scenario
Post by: sam on November 13, 2010, 18:18

 :)