Monday, June 4, 2007

A movie about the growth of the Internet

I was reading the latest Internet Protocol Journal (Vol. 10 No.1) and found the following:

BGP: The Movie

Statistics on Internet resources have been animated to provide a high-level overview of the consumption and use of IPv4 addresses and AS numbers since 1983. The animated video also clearly shows the effect of Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR) and Regional Internet Registries (RIR) allocation policies on consumption rates and routing. This animation was developed by Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) staff members, Geoff Huston and George Michaelson. You can download the 58MB movie from:
http://www.apnic.net/news/hot-topics/docs/bgp-movie.mpg



I had the right click the link and do a "Save Link As . . ." to get in to play correctly. It is an interesting way to present the Internet numbers shortage problem, and the voice does a pretty good job not making it overly technical and explaining what is going on; a few of the words might be new:)

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