APNIC says ISPs need to treat IPv6 seriously
23 Jun 2010
Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre chief scientist Geoff Huston has sought to put in perspective reports that available IPv4 addresses could be exhausted in six months– but says that ISPs must nevertheless begin migration plans immediately.
IPv4 addresses are doled out from a rapidly dwindling pool by the Internet Assigned Number Authority to Regional Internet Registries such as APNIC, which then allocate them within their respective regions. While previous estimates have suggested that the global pool could be exhausted around the middle of next year, American Registry for Internet Numbers CIO Richard Jimmerson has warned that the rapid pace of address uptake has made it hard for calculations to stay current, sparking reports that IPv4 addresses could be gone by year’s end.
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