Black Market May Develop For IPv4 Addresses 282
GMGruman writes "Everyone knows that we're running out of traditional IPv4 Internet addresses and that switching to IPv6 is the answer — yet foot-dragging by IT departments and vendors means the problem is still on the back burner. IPv4/IPv6 coexistence is now expected to last for 5 years. In this article, Mel Beckman explains how this is all leading to a black market in traditional IPv4 addresses that will catch many people off-guard, and boost Internet access prices sky-high."
Truth is (Score:5, Funny)
IPv4 is like oil. It'll never go away.
Luckily, IPv4 isn't a bad technology.
Re:Public IPs at premium prices (Score:3, Funny)
Double NAT, double good!
P.S. 10.1.x.x going cheap. Mail me!
For Sale (Score:5, Funny)
Slightly used internet address.
Act now and 127.0.0.0 could be yours today!
Only $5.00!
Re:IPv4 Address depletion? (Score:5, Funny)
IPv4 depletion was a looming problem in 2005, and today it's an even more closely-looming problem. It's not like we discovered more numbers since then.
Re:Public IPs at premium prices (Score:5, Funny)
"I'll tell you what I'd do, man: two IPv4 addresses at the same time, man."
Psst! Wanna buy a slash 32? Primo qualtity. (Score:3, Funny)
I know a guy who can get you a slash 29, but it'll cost you.
More of a technical issue ... how are the people in this "black market" going to handle the routing?
Re:Psst! Wanna buy a slash 32? Primo qualtity. (Score:5, Funny)
More of a technical issue ... how are the people in this "black market" going to handle the routing?
Tar. Routes don't get much blacker than that.
Re:For Sale (Score:1, Funny)
Fond memories of the salesman who gleefully attempted to fulfill a customer's request for a userid at a local ISP. The requested userid? root.
Re:another shit kdawson post (Score:5, Funny)
i guess.. in the same way the universe will eventually run out of energy.
"It was like a million high school physics teachers crying out in unison, then suddenly silenced."
I'll be rich! (Score:5, Funny)
1) Connect to my dynamic IP address ISP
2) Post ad on eBay for the IP
3) Sell it
4) Disconnect
5) Repeat from 1 to 5
6) Profit!
Re:For Sale (Score:3, Funny)
People don't understand numbers, they just hit the "0" and "9" keys until the number they're typing in "looks big" or "looks small".
0.00000000000000000000009
I keep putting more zeroes in, and it's just not getting bigger.
Re:For Sale (Score:1, Funny)
Great seller! Perfect transaction! A+++++++++
Haliburton's /8 (Score:5, Funny)
Re:IPv4 Address depletion? (Score:1, Funny)
Actually, cutting-edge research mathematicians are currently investigating the possibility of a new, heretofore unnoticed integer between 6 and 7. The application possibilities are endless. For example, any meeting room with 10 seats may actually have additional space for another person between seats number 6 and 7, which could result up to 10 % savings in real estate costs at businesses all over the world.
use too much space in 10.x.x.x/8? use 11.x.x.x (Score:5, Funny)
Some of the skeptics will think I'm making it up. Battle-hardened IT pros will probably facepalm and know it has the ring of truth and that no-one would possibly come up with such a stupid plan and therefore it must be true!
Re:I'll be rich! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:For Sale (Score:1, Funny)
Oh yeah? Well, our country's national debt is 10^2000 dollars!
Let me guess, you are Greek!
what happened to (Score:3, Funny)