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Reuters: New Technology Heralds Unlimited Web Sites–ICANN

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 20, 2004

“ICANN, the U.S. body overseeing Web site allocations globally,
has launched a new technology that will allow virtually unlimited
Internet addresses, its chairman told Reuters on Tuesday.

“Vinton Cerf of the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and
Numbers (ICANN) said the next-generation protocol, IPv6, had been
added to its root server systems, making it possible for every
person or device to have an Internet protocol address…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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