With the Czech government’s recent resolution to discontinue IPv4 in favor of IPv6 for state-provided web services, a significant question arises: Are we witnessing the end of IPv4? The truth is nuanced. While this move by the Czech government, as reported by CZ.NIC and echoed by discussions in the APNIC community, highlights a robust push […]
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In February, the number of IPv4 transfers increased compared to January. RIPE completed the highest number of transfers (714), followed by ARIN (298), APNIC (133) and LACNIC (14). Here’s a closer look at what happened with each RIR: For the latest and most comprehensive IPv4 transfer details, visit our dedicated IPv4 transfer stats page. Considering
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Starting February 1, 2024, Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced a new charge for public IPv4 addresses across all its services and regions. The charge is $0.005 per hour, for each public IPv4 address, whether in use or not. This decision reflects the increasing scarcity and rising acquisition costs of IPv4 addresses, aiming to encourage more
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In January, the number of IPv4 transfers decreased compared to December. RIPE completed the highest number of transfers (256), followed by ARIN (119), APNIC (99) and LACNIC (4).
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Discover statistics on IPv4 transfers in 2023 in this report, including a month-wise overview, regional transfer activities, data on inter-RIR transfers, and a comparison of annual transfers over the last few years.
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In December, the number of IPv4 transfers increased compared to November. RIPE completed the highest number of transfers (771), followed by ARIN (222), APNIC (100) and LACNIC (20).
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What is CIDR? Classless Inter Domain Routing, or CIDR, is a method used to allocate IP addresses and route IP packets flexibly and efficiently. Introduced by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in 1993, CIDR was designed to replace the previous addressing architecture of classful network design on the Internet. The primary goals of CIDR
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In November, the number of IPv4 transfers decreased compared to October. RIPE completed the highest number of transfers (683), followed by ARIN (255), APNIC (135) and LACNIC (13).
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In October, the number of IPv4 transfers increased compared to September. RIPE completed the highest number of transfers (730), followed by ARIN (301), APNIC (125) and LACNIC (14).
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IP reputation is essentially a score assigned to a specific IP address by servers and networks. This score represents the perceived ‘trustworthiness’ of that address based on its historical activity. To put it simply, if a certain IP address is regularly associated with suspicious or harmful activities, such as sending spam or hosting malicious software,
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