Like it or not, here comes IPv6
11 Nov 2009
Unless you have been living deep inside the Amazon rain forest, totally cut off from communicating with anyone, anywhere, you know that the world has changed tremendously over the last 20 years. Although almost every area of our lives has been affected with these sweeping changes, in this post I want to focus on those changes that have been the result of the growth and maturation of the Internet and the developments in networking technologies in general.
Twenty five years ago, no global network existed to which the general populace could easily connect. Twelve years ago, what we consider to be the public Internet had grown and matured to the point where people in most parts of the world could connect to it. However, most of these users were usually what could be called “computer literate.” If we fast forward to today, it seems that practically everyone has Internet access through their PCs, handheld devices, phone, and soon, their refrigerator or BMW.
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