IP Addresses to run out?

The article I chose to write about this week is about the attention that is being brought to the scarcity of IP addresses and the solution, which is the IPv6. IP addresses right now are given out on the IPv4 system, which only has a maximum of 4.6 billion combinations. With the evolution and massive spread of technology, China has now become the world's largest Internet user market. The prediction from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority is that by 2010 we will run out of IP addresses. A lot of companies are in "denial" about this change because they use NAT, which remaps a given address space into another, and it would be too much work to switch over to the new IPv6.

The new IPv6 system will allow for billions more of addresses to be given out to users of the Internet. The new IPv6 system also has many other advantages over the current IPv4. The IPv6 allows for other devices to access the internet, including an internet-based remote control for security cameras and allowing a user to access home appliances from a computer. The new IPv6 is inevitable and companies are going to realize that suddenly within the enxt three years. The biggest barrier behind the immediate implementation of the IPv6 is the NAT system, although the only flaw with NAT is that you cannot connect servers through it. With the increasing amount of technology beind spread through the world and the population growth I would not be surprised if a couple billion more addresses will be enough in 10 years.

Article: http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/16/IPv6-execs-say-sound-the-alarm_1.html