A Secure Mechanism for Address Block Allocation and Distribution

dleroy — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:48:44 +0000

All equipments attached to the Internet are configured with one or several IP addresses. Most hosts are able to automatically request (e.g., from a DHCP server) or discover (e.g., by using stateless autoconfiguration) the IP address that they should use. This simplifies the configuration and the management of hosts. Unfortunately, these techniques do not apply on routers whose IP addresses and subnet prefixes for their directly attached LANs still need to be manually configured. This utilization of manual configuration is error-prone and a frequent source of errors.

IPv4 addresses for sale ?

obo — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:45:27 +0000

The Internet community is seeing both a growth in the allocation of IPv4 addresses and also the end of the IPv4 addressing space. According to the latests predictions, the IPv4 addressing space will be exhausted in 2011-2012. Instead of focussing on the development of IPv6, ARIN is considering to allow owners of IPv4 addresses to sell them to anyone instead of giving them back for free to ARIN when they are not used anymore.

INL: IP Networking Lab - IP addresses

A Secure Mechanism for Address Block Allocation and Distribution

IPv4 addresses for sale ?