Amazon finds $1B jackpot in its 100 million+ IPv4 address stockpile
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) flipped the switch on its new IPv4 address pricing scheme on February 1 as it had announced months prior. The new policy means...

Amazon finds $1B jackpot in its 100 million+ IPv4 address stockpile | The tech giant has cited ballooning costs associated with IPv4 addresses::undefined

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I wish the industry would switch to IPv6 already, IPv4 is really outdated.

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IPv4 is really outdated.

Dirty IT open secret. Lots and LOTS of IT still running mission critical workloads is outdated too, but still running.

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We still had a networked DOS 3.1 server running at my last job for the intercom system in the building when I was IT that ended up blowing up in a power surge we had (it was wired into a direct 12v power rail that for some reason had no surge protection). Of course they did the obvious thing to do and spent $4k to get the exact same DOS 3.1 box second hand to replace it with

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For instance, this old blog post from Meta (Facebook back then) claimed IPv6 optimizations accelerated their site by 10-15%

How the hell does the addressing system improve a sites performance by 10-15%??? That’s crazy!

Also - Maybe I Should read that blog post lol

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IPv6 fixed quite a lot of shite from IPv4

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