As you may have heard, the Internet is running out of space. Specifically, the addressing system known as the Internet Protocol or IP address that uniquely identifies every single device connected to the global network is close to maximum capacity in its IPv4 guise. Blame Vint Cerf, the man who invented IPv4 about 40 years ago, and who never imagined that 4 billion IP addresses wouldn't be enough. What does the address shortage mean today in practical terms? Probably not much at the moment to … [Read more...] about Get prepared with an IPv6 internet address