Re:IPv4 Depletion
by virtuallynathan on Thursday June 25, 2015 @06:18PM
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Apple is starting to use those for "real" purposes now with their CDN, iMessages, iCloud, etc...
Re:IPv4 Depletion
by jsmthrowaway on Thursday June 25, 2015 @07:04PM
(#9781477)
Apple has used them for "real" purposes since the dawn of the very first Internet services offered by the company. It's not recent.
Seriously, should we be bolting aftermarket mods on our Datsun to get it another fifty miles or should we just buy a new bus already and get it overwith? Yeah, not everyone fits in the new bus, and that's the problem, but we've been in this dire boat for a long time.
I've seen firsthand how Apple uses 17/8. Asking Apple to renumber that is completely futile. You might as well deploy IPv7, for as much effort it will take. Better to just advance the state of the art instead of squeezing another few days out of IPv4.