RIPE NCC warns that it will run out of IPv4 allocations next month

guest · Oct 19, 2019

RIPE NCC warns that it will run out of IPv4 allocations next month
October 18, 2019
https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3082809/ipv4-run-out-november-ripe-ncc

After years of being warned that we will soon run out of IP addresses, it looks like the end really is nigh.

Ripe NCC, the regional registry for European internet infrastructure has warned that the last block of addresses will most likely be allotted in November. Then, once they're gone, that's it.
Well, not strictly. We're talking specifically about IPv4 addresses, the ones you're used to seeing. The newer IPv6 protocol is fighting fit. Problem is, huge swathes of the internet aren't ready for it yet.

RIPE NCC explains: "On October 2, we announced that we had one million IPv4 addresses left in our available pool, which we expect to run out in November 2019. Any IPv4 addresses we recover after this point will be allocated to new entrants via a waiting list. This will probably be a few hundred thousand addresses - not much compared to the many millions that networks in our region need. "
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It's not like we weren't warned, either: "IPv4 'run-out' has long been anticipated and planned for by the technical community and no one needs to worry about the Internet suddenly breaking.

"But it does mean that the pressure will continue to build for many networks, necessitating the use of complex and expensive workarounds. Our advice to network operators is to take stock of their IP resources and to make sure their IPv6 plans are making progress".
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RIPE NCC: RIPE NCC IPv4 Address Space Chart - Now Updated

The RIPE NCC's IPv4 address space chart has been updated. This chart shows the number of available IPv4 addresses in the RIPE NCC's pool and is updated weekly.

The RIPE NCC received its last /8 allocation from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority's (IANA) central pool of IPv4 addresses on 3 February 2011. The RIPE NCC also receives smaller allocations of returned addresses from IANA, according to a global policy.

More information about IPv4 Run-out.
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guest · Nov 25, 2019

Europe just ran out of new IPv4 addresses
November 25, 2019
https://www.zdnet.com/article/europe-just-ran-out-of-new-ipv4-addresses/

The organisation responsible for allocating new IP addresses across in Europe, the Middle East and parts of central Asia says it has finally run out of IPv4 addresses.

"We have now run out of IPv4 addresses," said The RIPE Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC) in Amsterdam, which allocates IP addresses across 76 countries to ISPs and other organisations.
The news is not a total surprise; rather, it has been expected since since 2012 when RIPE NCC got its final allocation of IP addresses from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).

Despite warnings, the successor to IPv4 -- IPv6 – has still not been widely adopted, and much of the internet today still runs on older IPv4 networks, which means operators may be required to use complex and expensive workarounds or to adopt IPv6, RIPE NCC said.
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