IPv4 is depleted: Final five blocks allocated to registries

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Post by jedsmith » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 3:17 PM UTC

IPv4 is depleted: Final five blocks allocated to registries
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Re: IPv4 is depleted: Final five blocks allocated to registries

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Post by BoppreH » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 3:50 PM UTC

Let me get some popcorn.

Any ideas of what will happen next? How far are we until some home users with outdated ISPs be blocked from the internet?

Re: IPv4 is depleted: Final five blocks allocated to registries

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Post by jedsmith » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 3:55 PM UTC

Now it's up to the registries. From a nearby thread on NANOG, the forecasted exhaustion dates of the individual registries: http://www.tndh.net/~tony/ietf/IPv4-rir-pools.jpg

Re: IPv4 is depleted: Final five blocks allocated to registries

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Post by kbyers » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 3:55 PM UTC

Enough with the fear mongering headlines already. Yes, IANA allocated the last 5 /8's to the regional registries. IPv4 is not going anywhere anytime soon.

Re: IPv4 is depleted: Final five blocks allocated to registries

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Post by eli » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 3:56 PM UTC

BoppreH wrote: post #2

Let me get some popcorn. Any ideas of what will happen next? How far are we until some home users with outdated ISPs be blocked from the internet?

Why would anyone be blocked?

Re: IPv4 is depleted: Final five blocks allocated to registries

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Post by Manfred » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 3:56 PM UTC

BoppreH wrote: post #2

Let me get some popcorn. Any ideas of what will happen next? How far are we until some home users with outdated ISPs be blocked from the internet?

It will take a long time if it will ever happen. ISP's can still assign the old IP's they already have while they roll out new modems with IPV6 addresses.

Re: IPv4 is depleted: Final five blocks allocated to registries

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 3:56 PM UTC

kbyers wrote: post #4

Enough with the fear mongering headlines already. Yes, IANA allocated the last 5 /8's to the regional registries. IPv4 is not going anywhere anytime soon.

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Re: IPv4 is depleted: Final five blocks allocated to registries

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Post by taylorbuley » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 3:56 PM UTC

kbyers wrote: post #4

Enough with the fear mongering headlines already. Yes, IANA allocated the last 5 /8's to the regional registries. IPv4 is not going anywhere anytime soon.

People have been beating the same "IPv4's time is running out" drum since the late 90's apparently

Re: IPv4 is depleted: Final five blocks allocated to registries

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Post by Perihelion » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 4:01 PM UTC

Panic! At the RIR

Re: IPv4 is depleted: Final five blocks allocated to registries

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Post by imajes » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 4:01 PM UTC

Manfred wrote: post #6

BoppreH wrote: post #2

Let me get some popcorn. Any ideas of what will happen next? How far are we until some home users with outdated ISPs be blocked from the internet?

It will take a long time if it will ever happen. ISP's can still assign the old IP's they already have while they roll out new modems with IPV6 addresses.

not quite; there are issues with whether those clients can talk to the rest of the net not yet on ipv6 [like, 90% of it or something]).

What appears to be happening is that people are just now seriously beginning to ask the questions about ipv6. We're seeing stuff like incredible performance penalties, poor routing and a complete lack of 6to4 (and back) support anywhere.

There's a long long slog to go and we're just getting started.