-Google, Facebook alert for new Internet system test

Internet Business News
06-08-2011
-Google, Facebook alert for new Internet system test

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8 June 2011 - Online groups Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Facebook have cautioned Internet users to expect problems with some popular websites today, as hundreds of companies test a new system for web numbering, the Financial Times reports.
Some 400 leading technology companies will participate in the test today, which will see numerous websites switch to Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6). Problems are expected for users who have their Internet equipment misconfigured or are using older versions of web browsers.

The transition to the new system is necessary for the accommodation of new addresses on the web. Thanks to IPv6, the global network will shift from 32 bit addresses to 128 bit addresses. This, in turn, will permit the creation of four billion times more Internet addresses than the current number.

The last bunch of Internet addresses using the older protocol system were allotted in February.

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