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Vint Cerf: Concerns over packets and politics

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - :01 PM

Topic: 6DEPLOY
Posted by: Jordi

In a telephone interview, Cerf -- often called "the father of the Internet" for his co-authoring of the formidable Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) -- fielded questions on an array of topics, including his disdain for the current U.S. administration's handling of science and technology issues.

He's confident that IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) will come soon if for no other reason than China alone could someday devour more than a third of the Net addresses currently available with IPv4.

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