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On the map, all allocated {{w|IPv4}} address blocks (as of 2006) are shown using a fractal mapping. (The {{w|Hilbert curve}} is used: the pattern is demonstrated at the bottom of the image.) In February 2011, the final remaining IPv4 blocks were allocated to the {{w|Regional Internet registry|Regional Internet registries}}, and so today there would no longer be any green spaces outside of Class E addresses (above 240 through 255, excluding the Broadcast address of 255.255.255.255). | On the map, all allocated {{w|IPv4}} address blocks (as of 2006) are shown using a fractal mapping. (The {{w|Hilbert curve}} is used: the pattern is demonstrated at the bottom of the image.) In February 2011, the final remaining IPv4 blocks were allocated to the {{w|Regional Internet registry|Regional Internet registries}}, and so today there would no longer be any green spaces outside of Class E addresses (above 240 through 255, excluding the Broadcast address of 255.255.255.255). | ||
| β | In the early 1990s | + | In the early 1990s corporations and governments could register an entire {{w|Classful network|class A}} segment (one 256th of the total space) but later it was divided into smaller parts because of lack of space. |
This leads to the title text, which mentions {{w|IPv6}}. This protocol has so many addresses that only a [[865: Nanobots|swarm of nanobots]] could exhaust them. The default desktop picture in Windows XP is a green landscape, and the joke is that since barely any of the addresses are allocated yet, the IPv6 map would just be a green landscape. There are large ([https://observablehq.com/@vasturiano/hilbert-map-of-ipv6-address-space enough to be visible]) blocks of IPv6 space that have been allocated for special purposes and to RIRs. However, the amount of IPv6 space allocated to end users is only a tiny portion of that. | This leads to the title text, which mentions {{w|IPv6}}. This protocol has so many addresses that only a [[865: Nanobots|swarm of nanobots]] could exhaust them. The default desktop picture in Windows XP is a green landscape, and the joke is that since barely any of the addresses are allocated yet, the IPv6 map would just be a green landscape. There are large ([https://observablehq.com/@vasturiano/hilbert-map-of-ipv6-address-space enough to be visible]) blocks of IPv6 space that have been allocated for special purposes and to RIRs. However, the amount of IPv6 space allocated to end users is only a tiny portion of that. | ||
| β | Later | + | Later Randall actually drew some "real" maps of the internet, or at least its online Communities (see [[256: Online Communities]] and [[802: Online Communities 2]]). |
A large number of updated Hilbert curve maps inspired by this comic have been created. Many also use data obtained by {{w|Ping_(networking_utility)|pinging}} IP addresses to see which addresses are accessible. Here are maps with images from [https://www.caida.org/archive/id-consumption/census-map/ 2003-2006], [https://iepg.org/2007-12-ietf70/3dheatmaps.pdf 2007] (which has a few different maps), [https://corte.si/geohilbert/index.html 2009] (showing country codes), [https://ant.isi.edu/address/index.html 2010], [https://census2012.sourceforge.net/hilbert.html 2012] (collected by the Carna Botnet), a [https://ant.isi.edu/address/census_2006_2014.html 2006-2014 animation], [https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/scan-ping-the-internet-hilbert-curve 2018], and [https://observablehq.com/@vasturiano/hilbert-map-of-ipv4-address-space 2023]. | A large number of updated Hilbert curve maps inspired by this comic have been created. Many also use data obtained by {{w|Ping_(networking_utility)|pinging}} IP addresses to see which addresses are accessible. Here are maps with images from [https://www.caida.org/archive/id-consumption/census-map/ 2003-2006], [https://iepg.org/2007-12-ietf70/3dheatmaps.pdf 2007] (which has a few different maps), [https://corte.si/geohilbert/index.html 2009] (showing country codes), [https://ant.isi.edu/address/index.html 2010], [https://census2012.sourceforge.net/hilbert.html 2012] (collected by the Carna Botnet), a [https://ant.isi.edu/address/census_2006_2014.html 2006-2014 animation], [https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/scan-ping-the-internet-hilbert-curve 2018], and [https://observablehq.com/@vasturiano/hilbert-map-of-ipv4-address-space 2023]. | ||
