it's wild how many IPv4 /8 networks were given out in the early days of the Internet
"we have 256 of these babies why not give everyone an IPv4 /8"
@jordyd
At the time we thought that this newfangled "Internet Protocol" would not go anywhere
@pasqui023
Makes sense who would be interested in something like that
@pasqui023
But really that’s actually understandable. It’s really hard to figure out what’s going to take off and what isn’t
@jordyd
Yeah it's just a number,after all,only significant to some obscure technology those eggheads at the DARPA are developing
@jordyd
Now,Algol?That is gonna be everywhere
@pasqui023
In some sense it is, not directly but it influenced a lot of languages
@jordyd Yeah, but nobody could imagine how many would be needed.
you can check it out here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assigned_/8_IPv4_address_blocks