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> 48-bit static IP addresses. 70 trillion should be enough. 128 bits was overkill. What if humanity becomes a Kardashev type-2 or an interstellar civilization?
by science4sail 5y ago
> 48-bit static IP addresses. 70 trillion should be enough. 128 bits was overkill.
What if humanity becomes a Kardashev type-2 or an interstellar civilization? In that case the population of humans, much less computers, could easily succeed 70 trillion.
- tgbugs 5y agoIt is unlikely that we will be able to use IP as a way to create a single network between Earth and Mars much less outside the solar system.
- hansel_der 5y agonot unlikely that we will have ip-islands connected by some DTN/sneakernet thou.