Does this mean?
Designed to ensure classification attempts by Trump could by widely known.
Good Hunting... from Varmint Al
Posted on 04/24/2021 7:32:22 PM PDT by narses
A link? How are the two connected?
Anyone?
Good Hunting... from Varmint Al
Maybe.
I’ve only got a background in some early computerese, but I’ll give it a shot (and I’m NOT sure I even have a good handle on this).
Sounds like the DOD manages the “lookup message routing table” for lack of the appropriate term. Everyone’s computer, router, and other internet connected device (phones, washing machines, apparently some voting machines [/s]) have a unique address, similar in the way everyone’s house has a unique address (one of Free Republics is 45.79.XX.181 for example). If you go to your CMD line (Start->Command Prompt) and type “tracert www.freerepublic.com”, you can see all the bounces (servers) your command requests/return web pages to FR go through to reach the web page files at FR.
As far as why the DOD expanded this significantly just as Trump left office, I can only speculate. But just like Bill Gates supposedly saying way back when “Oh, I would think 640kb of RAM should be enough” when asked about the limits on computer memory, well, there’s a lot of expansion that needs to happen. Maybe they’re doing it for something related to the 2020 election, or just doing it for all the autonomous vehicles of the future, who knows. Hope this helps without all the acronymania. And yes, I just came up with that word... < :-) >
I don’t understand it either. But I do know we don’t need to worry about this.
If there are 4 billion PUBLIC Internet addresses, that’s certainly sufficient.
The reason being that one internet address can explode below it into a gazillion PRIVATE addresses below it.
And the internet is slowly moving toward IPv6 that will vastly increase the amount of PUBLIC internet space.
I’m now working on a paper for a company who is trying to enable a vastly more secure and better functioning Internet by enabling the users themselves (companies and individuals) to route their traffic with more control — and away from the control of large internet companies (Comcast, AT&T, etc.)
And this will somewhat counter the aim of politicians like Xiden to control us. However, for security reasons, the government will have a back door “lawful intercept” to catch criminals. But not necessarily stop criminals in our government who operate election machines :-(
All this means is the US is releasing or ‘offering for public sale and use’ a large block of IP addresses. DARPA invented the internet and all IP spaces were originated on US equipment. Anyone who wanted in needed to obtain a block of IPs from the originator who had them. IPs need to be official so they are registered, listed and routable globally.
Possibly people were using these IP addresses surreptitiously and they were creeping into global route tables. Publishing them and offering them for sale is a good way to clean up routes and provide the additional IPs the global marketplace can use. Now that they’re out in the open they’ll be purchased, published and used. This will clean up some bad routing issues allowing traffic to run more efficiently.
Of course it could all be something more nefarious or even sinister.
But imo this could be a good boost for SpaceX’s StarLink internet service if they purchase the addresses. It’ll greatly improve their customers’ service by reducing the number of routers needed to deliver to end users. Good streamlining.
Thank you.
Your explaination explains everything
TY, PP
Thanks FReepers!
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