[At-Large] They're not out of IPv4 Addresses!
John R. Levine
johnl at iecc.com
Sat Sep 15 14:51:30 UTC 2012
As the article made quite clear, they're into the last /8, but they are
months if not at least a year away from running out. Due to the way that
space is reclaimed and reallocated, they'll probably continue to have some
even after this /8 is given out. If they were a more careful about who
they give space to, they'd have even more. (RIPE has a big problem with
fake LIRs run by crooks.)
> It is now imperative that all stakeholders deploy IPv6 on their networks to
> ensure the continuity of their online operations and the future growth of
> the Internet.
Eventually IPv6 will work, I have v6 tunnels into my server and into my
home LAN, but it's still surprisingly not ready for prime time,
particularly in applications like mail and IM that have abuse management
issues.
Close to half of all the allocated IPv4 space is not routed on the public
Internet. Once the free stuff runs out, there will be lots available for
sale, and since there's so much, the price is not likely to be very high,
perhaps $1/address in moderate sized chunks. Before anyone points out how
evil it is to charge for addresses, everything you do to get online costs
some money, adding IPv6 capability is not free, either the technical
upgrades or the staff training, and it can be entirely reasonable and cost
effective to buy some IPv4 instead.
Regards,
John Levine, johnl at iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. http://jl.ly
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