| 100 days of IPv4 left | |||
| Posted by: Jordi on Monday, November 29, 2010 - 09:21 AM | |||
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The internet is based upon a networking protocol called IPv4, which is the underlying basis for both TCP (used by HTTP and chat applications) and UDP (used for video and audio applications). This uses a 4-byte IP address, like 192.168.54.32, to identify both of the end-points in the channel. (Most humans and many applications use a DNS name instead, which translates www.infoq.com into a numeric IPv4 address like 63.246.7.184.) | ||
| Complete info at InfoQ. | |||