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America Runs Out of IPv4 Internet Addresses

Posted by samzenpus on from the empty-bucket dept.

FireFury03 writes: The BBC is reporting that the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) ran out of spare IP addresses yesterday. "Companies in North America should now accelerate their move to the latest version of the net's addressing system. Now Africa is the only region with any significant blocks of the older version 4 internet addresses available." A British networking company that supplies schools has done an analysis on how concerned IT managers should be. This comes almost exactly 3 years after Europe ran out.

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  1. America! F-Yeah! by sinij · · Score: 5, Funny

    Out of IP addresses? Sounds like a good time to invade somewhere where they mine them!

    1. Re:America! F-Yeah! by prefec2 · · Score: 3, Funny

      They already found a new source of IP addresses which could support everyone with enough IP addresses to the end of time (which was of course yesterday or the day before or tomorrow, depending on your favorite Youtube oracle). However, the old IP industry does not want the new IP stuff, it might harm their business plans.

    2. Re:America! F-Yeah! by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 5, Funny

      They already found a new source of IP addresses which could support everyone with enough IP addresses to the end of time

      Another liberal scare tactic.

      We have plenty of IP addresses to go around, and any right thinking American knows that there is a controversy, and that not all scientists believe in this hogwash.

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      The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
    3. Re:America! F-Yeah! by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 3, Funny

      This is a huge opportunity for IP address brokerage. It's the gold & oil of a new digital era of prosperity!!! And don't be mistaken: As always, the money will trickle down from the rich to the poor!

      When God closes one door, Ayn Rand opens another.

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      The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
  2. My IP Address by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just checked my IP address and it's 192.168.1.102. Whew, I'm glad I got one before they ran out. No one else can have my IP address!

  3. nature's 4-fold harmonic IP addresses by Thud457 · · Score: 3, Funny

    exactly as prophicised. I knew this was coming when Gene Ray went into hiding.

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    the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

    1. Re:nature's 4-fold harmonic IP addresses by prefec2 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I personally require at least one more month to finish my thesis. Therefore, I am totally opposed to an end of world right now. I mean, they waited 6000 years. Plus/minus one month shouldn't be that big of a problem. Or better six month so I can have some vacation and get my PhD from university. However, when I am on /. I might need one more month. Oh flip lets make it a year. How about world end in 2016? God? Jesus? Anybody? Is that too much to ask?

  4. Comments Summarised by thegarbz · · Score: 5, Funny

    - What are we running out again? I thought we ran out last month! They are crying wolf!
    - IP addresses are assigned by region we only just ran out.

    - NAT makes this a non issue. Just use NAT!
    - NAT is a broken concept that breaks end-to-end connectivity!

    - I won't move to IPv6 they are too hard to type.
    - Why are you typing IPv6?

    - I can't NAT on IPv6 so it breaks my firewall and its insecure.
    - NAT is not a firewall, you can firewall IPv6

    - Why don't we just steal some of HP's IP addresses? They have some spare.
    - Break the internet by splitting up routing tables even further.

    - But NAT has protected us for many years everything works on NAT.
    - Everything now needs to connect to a command server. No end-to-end connectivity and nasty workarounds in routers to make applications work.

    - But DHCP doesn't work for IPv6!
    - DHCP isn't needed, and if it is needed yes it does.

    - But we can NAT the NATTING NAT NAT!
    - Go fuck your NAT.

  5. A solution by azcoyote · · Score: 4, Funny

    If we just shut down all the porn sites on the Internet, I'm sure we'd get back a good 98% of those IP addresses...

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  6. Re:Move to the latest version? by rahvin112 · · Score: 4, Funny

    How can you be so ignorant of how IPv6 works and still have the hubris to propose a modification that supposedly fixes it?

    Oh silly me, this is Slashdot.