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World Tests IPv6: Why 4.2 Billion Internet Addresses Just...

Season 2011 Episode 1590 | 7m 12s

More than 400 organizations and Internet giants participated Wednesday in a trial run of a new addressing system, called Internet Protocol version 6, known as IPv6. Hari Sreenivasan reports on World IPv6 Day, and Leslie Daigle of the Internet Society explains how it will affect your life online.

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