>> Did they ever think about the >> day the 4294967296 ip addresses won't be enough for the world? > > No. Recall that IP got started in the days that you had a bunch > of dumb terminals connected to a mainframe. The mainframe was > supposed to be networked via IP.
Actually, it's all Vint Cerf's fault! Hang him! :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZo69JQoLb8 His comments about 13 minutes in. Apparently 32 bits was meant to just be the proof of concept, not production. _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
