Re[2]: [ga-roots] [Fwd: Fwd: nos voro illos que offendo]

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

Hello NameCritic,

Wednesday, June 06, 2001, 7:36:53 PM, NameCritic wrote:

> For dummies like me and anyone who might be lurking here. What is an IPV 1,
> 2, 3, 6, 8 or otherwise. One of the reasons for the lack of participation on
> lists is the use of acronyms and technical terms. We want more participation
> then we will have to stop doing that and include some lay terms for things
> including limiting the number of acronyms used.

I'll give the over simplified version.

IPv4 is an internet protocol stack that uses 32-bit numbers to
identify nodes on the network.  These 32-bit numbers are identified
normally by a dotted quad such as 192.168.0.1 rather than as the 32
bit equivalent.

This results in a maximum total number of addresses of 256^4.

This limitation in the IPv4 protocol is one that is slowly becoming
more and more pressing as the internet expands.

So we have IPv6, a 128-bit addressing protocol, providing for a
tremendously larger address space.

IPv8 and IPv16 are nothing but creations of the mind of Jim Fleming,
whose reputation I won't go into here.  It is nothing but his attempt
to run his own address space allocation system.

-- 
Best regards,
William X Walsh
mailto:william@userfriendly.com
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