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·
    11 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    IPv4 is really outdated.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 Lots and LOTS of IT still running mission critical workloads is outdated too, but still running.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·
      11 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·
        11 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.