Internet pioneer Cerf urges IPv6 migrations
21 Sep 2009
Internet pioneer Vinton Cerf repeated a call Wednesday evening for migrations to IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) to stave off an anticipated lack of available addresses on IPv4.
Speaking at an industry event at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., Cerf, co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols, warned that IPv4 will run out of addresses next year or in early 2011. While there will be a period of attempts to sell off IPv4 spaces, Cerf stressed that the “smart thing to do is implement v6 now.” He has made similar calls for migration to IPv6 previously.
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