A possible fix arrived in December 1995 in the form of RFC 1883, the first definition of IPv6, the planned successor to IPv4.

IPv4. Global has launched a new lending program that uses a borrower's IPv4 addresses as collateral. The firm, which describes itself as "the world's largest, most trusted and transparent IPv4 ...

A total of 33.6 million addresses are on their way to their ultimate users on the Net--meaning the last blocks of IPv4 addresses will be allocated soon. IPv6, hurry up, would ya? Stephen Shankland ...

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The Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), which is the organization responsible for distributing IP addresses in most of Asia, Australia, and the Pacific, announced that on April 15, it ...

The current crop of Internet addresses could start to disappear this week if a regional Internet registry makes one more request for two blocks of addresses. APNIC (Asia Pacific Network Information ...

The end is nearer for IPv4, according to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). May 20 triggered an event that likely signals increased difficulty for Internet service ...

The Number Resource Organization warns that less than 10 percent of the IPv4 address space remains; it's time to start adopting IPv6. The warning comes after APNIC, the registry that hands out IP ...

A vibrant market for buying and selling IPv4 addresses is emerging, and policymakers are clarifying the rules associated with how network operators can monetize this precious Internet addressing ...

The cause of this confusion was a company called GlobalResource Systems, based in Florida, USA. When Joe Biden was inaugurated as president, the company announced 56 million IPv4 addresses owned by ...