Final IPv4 addresses to be issued within months, NRO warns - Polidicks

[img]http://www.computerworld.com/resources/images/layout/computerworld_page_logo.gif[/img] [url=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/print/9191518/Final_IPv4_addresses_to_be_issued_within_months_NRO_warns?taxonomyName=Applications&taxonomyId=18]Source[/url] [release] The global body in charge of allocating Internet addresses expects to hand out the final blocks of IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) addresses to regional registrars early next year, it said Monday. Those allocations would mark a depletion at the global level of IPv4 addresses -- something that has been anticipated for years -- and put further pressure on network operators to switch to the newer IPv6 address system, which has massively more addresses available. After a recent allocation of IPv4 numbers to APNIC, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for the Asia Pacific region, the Number Resources Organization (NRO) said that the global pool of free addresses it manages now stands at just 12 blocks. Each block represents 16 million addresses, or 1/256th of the roughly 4 billion IPv4 addresses available. "This is a major milestone in the life of the Internet, and means that allocation of the last blocks of IPv4 to the RIRs is imminent," said Axel Pawlik, NRO chairman, in a statement. "It is critical that all Internet stakeholders take definitive action now to ensure the timely adoption of IPv6." IP addresses lie at the heart of communication on the Internet. Each computer, server and router connected to the Internet needs its own address and traffic is routed across the global network using these addresses. The IPv4 addresses were defined in the early eighties. At the time the Internet consisted largely of universities and research labs and the 32-bit addresses were deemed sufficient, but about 10 years later people began worrying about a future day when IPv4 addresses would run out. Those worries increased in the mid-nineties when businesses and home users began connecting to the Internet. At about the same time, in 1995, the Internet Engineering Task Force published the specification for a new version of the Internet Protocol, IPv6, which moved from 32-bit addresses to 128-bit addresses. The new protocol brought a massive increase in the number of available addresses, but the two systems were incompatible so adoption was slow. Technologies like NAT (network address translation), which allow several devices to share the same IPv4 address, have delayed the inevitable exhaustion of IPv4 addresses, but now that moment is near. The NRO issues blocks of numbers to five regional registries, which in turn issue them to companies and organizations in their respective regions. The final five blocks will be distributed equally to the registries, meaning there are only seven more blocks available under the normal distribution system, the NRO said. Current depletion rates point to NRO issuing the final blocks in early 2011, it said. The addresses will be held by the regional registries for issue in their region, so the actual issue of the final IPv4 addresses to end-users won't come until sometime later in 2011. The NRO issuing its final IPv4 address blocks shouldn't mean a big change for end users. The switch to IPv6 is already well under way and much of the central infrastructure of the Internet is already running on the protocol. While vast portions of the network are yet to be converted, there doesn't appear to be a last-minute rush for IPv4 addresses. That indicates "strong momentum" behind the adoption of IPv6, NRO said. The NRO acts as a coordinating body for the five regional Internet registries, which are: AfriNIC, serving Africa; APNIC, serving the Asia-Pacific region; ARIN, serving North America and many Caribbean nations; LACNIC, serving Latin America and some Caribbean nations; and RIPE, serving Europe, the Middle East and parts of Central Asia.[/release]

Oh noes, IPv4 is hard enough for me to memorize. Imagine IPv6: 2001:471:1f11:251:290:27ff:fee0:2093

My ISP isn't ready, my router isn't ready, they havn't said anything about upgrading their network or giving me a new router. Anybody else in this position?

so, it's an 'upgrade'.. I just hope that when i get all the new shit for it, I don't have to wait half a year to get decent speed because everything is shitted up

[QUOTE=wolfalt;25505894]My ISP isn't ready, my router isn't ready, they havn't said anything about upgrading their network or giving me a new router. Anybody else in this position?[/QUOTE] You shouldn't worry too much. There is ipv4-ipv6 transitions. Say, if your ISP changes to a ipv6 base, it can still give you the ipv4 address. Once you change, like when the router breaks or you sign a new contract, you'll get your ipv6 supported router. And you can probably use ipv4 internally in local networks. It's not like they can't understand each other.

I wonder which site will be first with IPv6.

[QUOTE=johan svensk;25506219]I wonder which site will be first with IPv6.[/QUOTE] Yeah, then again who cares?

[QUOTE=johan svensk;25506219]I wonder which site will be first with IPv6.[/QUOTE] Uh, they've been giving out IPv6 IPs for ages. Many major websites have IPv6 websites already. For instance: [url]http://ipv6.google.com/[/url]

I'm ready for the upgrade, But Fuck that's gonna be a bitch to memorize, Fucking hexadecimal format. Also it's gonna kill a lot of people from the net, and servers. Shit. [editline]19th October 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=DogGunn;25506412]Uh, they've been giving out IPv6 IPs for ages. Many major websites have IPv6 websites already. For instance: [url]http://ipv6.google.com/[/url][/QUOTE] My provider isn't IPv6 yet, :-( Hopefully will be by the time it fully rolls out.

Watch as british ISP's will do nothing about it, or if they do, it'll be some time late 2011. Then again, I feel sorry for austrailians.

I remember there being an IPV6 only porn site, what happened to that project?

[url]http://inetcore.com/project/ipv4ec/index_en.html[/url] :derp:

[QUOTE=KFrohman;25506820]Then again, I feel sorry for austrailians.[/QUOTE] Haha, why?

I haven't heard anything about the UK working towards IPv6. They have probably been shaking it off for some time..

Dibs on last one.

Good but im worryed about all my old games that dont work with IPV6 like freelancer :(

When will Facepunch get IPv6?

[QUOTE=rosthouse;25507004][url]http://inetcore.com/project/ipv4ec/index_en.html[/url] :derp:[/QUOTE] IPv6 NOT READY! :derp:

Well fuck, my current (shit) isp only supports IPV4

[QUOTE=DogGunn;25506412]Uh, they've been giving out IPv6 IPs for ages. Many major websites have IPv6 websites already. For instance: [url]http://ipv6.google.com/[/url][/QUOTE] My iPhone can't open the page. Aka iOS doesn't support ipv6. I hope apple will fix this. :s or I WILL be screwed!

[QUOTE=wingless;25506422]Also it's gonna kill a lot of people from the net, and servers.[/QUOTE] We have tunnelling, did you really think we will get ipv6 without it? ITT: People who don't know how does networks work in general and what does protocol stand for

[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;25507290]My iPhone can't open the page. Aka iOS doesn't support ipv6. I hope apple will fix this. :s or I WILL be screwed![/QUOTE] OS 4 supports IPv6 - it's the infrastructure around you.

[QUOTE=orgornot;25507175]When will Facepunch get IPv6?[/QUOTE] Why would you want that? Facepunch servers have already it's ip reserved from isp, do you really need ipv6?

What will happen to LAN networks? Will they still work with ipv4. I hope so because if it won't I won't be able to do any old (non ipv6) games at my lan-parties. Like ut2004 :'(. An will the source engine get patched so it recognizes ipv6 servers? [editline]19th October 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=HubmaN;25507318]OS 4 supports IPv6 - it's the infrastructure around you.[/QUOTE] So that means the Dutch tmobile 3G network is ipv4 only D:

[QUOTE=wingless;25506422] My provider isn't IPv6 yet, :-( Hopefully will be by the time it fully rolls out.[/QUOTE] Do you really need it? [editline]19th October 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=Mega1mpact;25507355]What will happen to LAN networks? Will they still work with ipv4. I hope so because if it won't I won't be able to do any old (non ipv6) games at my lan-parties. Like ut2004 :'(. An will the source engine get patched so it recognizes ipv6 servers? [editline]19th October 2010[/editline] So that means the Dutch tmobile 3G network is ipv4 only D:[/QUOTE] hahaaha, why wouldn't they work?

[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;25507290]My iPhone can't open the page. Aka iOS doesn't support ipv6.[/QUOTE] Nah, the problem is almost no ISPs yet support IPv6 - and that's the problem. Almost all modern OSs have IPv6 support, but none of the ISPs are yet supporting it. As soon as hardware such as routers can support it, we should be set. [editline]20th October 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=wndash;25507386]Do you really need it?[/quote] Yes, because the internet will be shifting over to IPv6. So if you don't have IPv6, you won't be able to view new websites. [QUOTE=wndash;25507386]hahaaha, why wouldn't they work?[/QUOTE] Because most current games are programmed to operate on IPv4...

I am not sure, what does this mean for the current IPv4 users, will they be 'forced' to upgrade to v6 or not be able to do some things that ipv6 can? Is there like, any good thing if you upgrade to ipv6.

[QUOTE=BrQ;25507469]I am not sure, what does this mean for the current IPv4 users, will they be 'forced' to upgrade to v6 or not be able to do some things that ipv6 can? Is there like, any good thing if you upgrade to ipv6.[/QUOTE] My understanding is not not a huge diff other then more addresses - Im goona miss alot of my old games :( I do now that you can use both - kinda so as far as lan goes yea it will still work

[QUOTE=ineedateam1;25507170]Good but im worryed about all my old games that dont work with IPV6 like freelancer :([/QUOTE] Ever heard of tunneling? Do you even get you can tunnel the old protocol through an IPv6 connection? [editline]19th October 2010[/editline] Learn: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6#Tunneling[/url]

Perhaps our ISP will be lazy bastards and just NAT the whole neighbourhood under a single IP :rolleyes: