Well, this is certainly interesting...ArsTechnica is reporting something very interesting in the computer naming scheme with Vista that involves IPv6. PNRP works by extending IPv6, the new standard for identifying computers and devices on the Internet. The old IPv4 standard, identifiable by the series of four integers between 0 and 255, was designed when the Internet was much smaller, and its maximum 4.3 billion addressable devices is starting to look somewhat cramped in the modern era. IPv6 allows up to 3.4 x 10^38 unique addresses, which should be enough until the nanobots take over the world and turn everything into a smooth grey slurry.
