| Address allocation kicks off IPv4 endgame | |||
| Posted by: Jordi on Tuesday, February 01, 2011 - 08:33 AM | |||
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The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority has assigned two large blocks of IPv4 addresses to the Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre, activating a rule under which the agency will give out the last of its IPv4 addresses. The rule states that when only five large blocks of IP addresses remain, one will be handed out to each of the world's five regional Internet registries. With the latest allocation to APNIC, the number of remaining IP address blocks is down to five. |
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