Amazon finds $1B jackpot in its 100 million+ IPv4 address stockpile
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) flipped the switch on its new IPv4 address pricing scheme on February 1 as it had announced months prior. The new policy means...

Amazon finds $1B jackpot in its 100 million+ IPv4 address stockpile | The tech giant has cited ballooning costs associated with IPv4 addresses::undefined

  • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    5 months ago

    IPv4 is really outdated.

    Dirty IT open secret. Lots and LOTS of IT still running mission critical workloads is outdated too, but still running.

    • ralakus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      5 months ago

      We still had a networked DOS 3.1 server running at my last job for the intercom system in the building when I was IT that ended up blowing up in a power surge we had (it was wired into a direct 12v power rail that for some reason had no surge protection). Of course they did the obvious thing to do and spent $4k to get the exact same DOS 3.1 box second hand to replace it with

      • Nightwatch Admin@feddit.nlEnglish
        3·
        5 months ago

        For the intercom? That’s just perfect! Not for some impossible to replace multi million dollar industrial equipment, or complex medical devices, nooo… for the fkn intercom.