ICANN: Unlimited Internet Addresses with IPv6

Filed in: Web — July 21st, 2004

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – ICANN, the U.S. body overseeing Web site allocations globally, has launched a new technology that will allow virtually unlimited Internet addresses, its chairman told Reuters on Tuesday.

Vinton Cerf of the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said the next-generation protocol, IPv6, had been added to its root server systems, making it possible for every person or device to have an Internet protocol address.

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Now, you may assigned an IP address for your mobile phone, car, pet, …