| Why we need IPv6 now and what it means for network security | |||
| Posted by: Jordi on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - 01:20 PM | |||
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Thomas Edison, in 1882, opened a power station on Pearl Street in New York city to supply the densely populated Manhattan island with DC power [1]. DC was the logical power distribution standard at the time. Easily generated and safely distributed across the limited geographic area it was intended to supply. Soon followed a fierce debate about power standards. From it emerged what we now know as the electricity grid. AC, alternating current, won out for a pretty simple reason: It scaled. It could be expanded into a large interconnected network. Omnipresent reliable electric power continued to drive our economy and innovation. | ||
| Complete info at Forbes. | |||