[LINK] Unassigned IPv4 addresses exhausted

[Rick Welykochy]

Glen Turner wrote:
>> This week the world Internet Architect Board has advised that
>> unassigned IVP4 addresses are now exhausted ...
> There's a slight difference between the above and the IAB's statement
> that "the *pool* of unassigned IPv4 addresses has been exhausted". That
> is, all IPv4 addressing at IANA has been assigned out to the regional
> internet registries (APNIC, etc). Those registries could be holding
> unassigned IPv4 address blocks, or they may have exhausted supplies
> too. In any case, a specification from a international standards body
> can't depend upon a supply being available.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_IPv6_support_in_operating_systems

At the very least, it appears that the Big Three operating systems support
IPv6. Now for all those routers, cable modems and other comms equipment.

cheers
rickw


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Rick Welykochy

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achieve the goals of 2015
which I'd have done in 2014
as I promised in 2013
& planned in 2012.
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