Yes, the above statement is true to its last word. The IP addresses will be running short and at the same time missing in the coming 500 days, reports a source. IP addresses' basic function is to demark one PC from another, and this feature will supposedly vanish in the coming 500 days. Internet Protocol addresses also provides a unique number that helps to identify world's network devices.

It was further stated that there are presently more than 4 billion combinations of IP addresses. But at the same it was further stated that this data is soon going to surge and will no longer suffice the needs of networked devices. This service is a four-lettered number, if fed wrongly may end up in reconfiguring.