What do we know about an IP address?
(World News Science)

When a packet reaches our network, the first thing we see is where the IP address packet originates from. And we make decisions based on that IP address. In this post, I will explain what these decisions are and if they make sense. Can we actually use an IP address as a decision point or not? Ancient history The Internet as we know it started on 1 January 1983 when ARPANET changed from NCP to the TCP/IP protocol suite. It went through a rapid evolution during the 1980s: In 1985, with the creation of the supercomputer centres program, NSF created NSFNET, a network that connected five supercomputer centres and provided a network for research and education. Then, based on the ARPANET protocols,...