In the early 1990s, internet engineers sounded the alarm: the pool of numeric addresses that identify every device online was not infinite. IPv4, the fourth version of the Internet Protocol, used ...

More than a decade ago—2003 to be precise—the Defense Department announced plans to convert its network to the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) standard. Today, the wait continues. Even the DOD ...

Almost from inception, the adoption and usage of the internet have grown at a rapid rate. Various sources estimate a growth rate of around 9% per year to nearly 5 billion users in 2021, more than ...

The global transition from IPv4 to IPv6 has gained major traction, driven by the urgent need to accommodate a rapidly expanding number of internet-connected devices and the introduction of IPv6 ...

In hindsight, we reached peak IPv4 two years ago. The good news is that IPv6 is doing very well—but not nearly well enough. Is the IPv6 glass 1 percent full or 99 percent empty? “Hi, I’d like to sign ...

With the growth of cellphones, tablets, and the Internet of Things (IoT), IPv4 addresses are scarce. This scarcity doesn't come as a big surprise, of course. According to a gist published on GitHub by ...

In this post, I will explain some of the basics that are easy to understand. Before we discuss the differences between IPv4 and IPv6, we need to know some of the basics of IPv4. Finally, I will ...

Apple is encouraging developers to prioritize newer web technologies inside their iOS and macOS applications. In a short technical presentation at the WWDC 2020 conference last week, Apple shared some ...

In addition to IPv4 (often written as just IP), there is IP version 6 (IPv6). IPv6 was developed as IPng (“IP:The Next Generation” because the developers were supposedly fans of the TV show “Star Trek ...