A crisis looms large for Internet users around the world as one of the greatest impediments in its smooth functioning is round the corner. Today, the Internet is used by millions of users from many parts of the globe and they depend hugely on the web to communicate and share ideas with each other. The world of communication will come to a virtual stop if the Internet remains inactive even for a single day. In one of the most recent statements concerning the future of the Internet, the father of the web Vint Cerf has warned that the world is slowly reaching a stage where the IOP addresses will dry out resulting in a disaster.

The IOP address is an integral and necessary part of the web domain as it helps the computers to trace each others identity just like we indicate our residential addresses. Vint Cerf is one of the propagators of the Internet and the computer scientists count his predictions as a major word of wisdom.

According to his prediction, business houses and consumers from round the globe should take the adequate measures and initiatives to prevent the upcoming disaster. A quick transfer to the next generation of net addresses is a solution for this problem, which can be countered on a worldwide basis.

The latest prediction states that in the next two years time, the IP addresses distribution system will fall short. If well-planned measures are not taken from now, the connectivity of the Internet might take a major backseat, which spells doom for the commercial profits of the web domain business.

The Internet service providers should be informed about this problem which looms in the vicinity and a comprehensive publicity stint on the matter is an urgent requirement. An uninterrupted transformation from the current system is the need of the hour, which will usher in a new age in Internet commerce.

The legacy of the Internet goes back to the year 1977, when Vint Cerf and his team of scientists made a remarkable discovery of the modern times. The entire team of Cerf along with himself devised the Internet Protocol Version Four, which reached out to 4.2 addresses worldwide.

The next strategy in line for the computer scientists, which is set to take centrestage, is Internet Protocol Version Six. The 128 bits which comes out of all the individual addresses in this particular version can easily be sent across to trillions of users.

A disturbing phase hinders the growth prospects of Internet business and the crisis should be dealt at the earliest for a radiant time ahead.