Amazon finds $1B jackpot in its 100 million+ IPv4 address stockpile | The tech giant has cited ballooning costs associated with IPv4 addresses::undefined
I wish the industry would switch to IPv6 already, IPv4 is really outdated.
IPv4 is really outdated.
Dirty IT open secret. Lots and LOTS of IT still running mission critical workloads is outdated too, but still running.
We still had a networked DOS 3.1 server running at my last job for the intercom system in the building when I was IT that ended up blowing up in a power surge we had (it was wired into a direct 12v power rail that for some reason had no surge protection). Of course they did the obvious thing to do and spent $4k to get the exact same DOS 3.1 box second hand to replace it with
For instance, this old blog post from Meta (Facebook back then) claimed IPv6 optimizations accelerated their site by 10-15%
How the hell does the addressing system improve a sites performance by 10-15%??? That’s crazy!
Also - Maybe I Should read that blog post lol
IPv6 fixed quite a lot of shite from IPv4