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Jim Cowie: IPV4 is outdated … and still going strong

If you're connected to the Internet, you have an IP address. And while the net itself may seem infinite, IP addresses are not. In fact, IP version 4 addresses a...

July 13, 2015 8:44 am

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If you're connected to the Internet, you have an IP address. And while the net itself may seem infinite, IP addresses are not. In fact, IP version 4 addresses are supposed to run out. Internet Service Providers are upgrading to IPv6. At least, that's the plan. Jim Cowie is the Chief Scientist at Dyn, an Internet performance company. On the Federal Drive, he told Tom Temin why brokering IPv4 addresses is still a booming business.