| River of IPv4 addresses officially runs dry | |||
| Posted by: Jordi on Monday, February 07, 2011 - 12:56 PM | |||
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In a ceremony in Miami this morning, the final five blocks of IPv4 addresses were given out to the five Regional Internet Registries that further distribute IP addresses to the far corners of the planet. The five RIRs still have tens of millions of addresses as working inventory, but once those addresses are given out, it's over. Internet Protocol addresses are a prerequisite for all Internet communication—both the sender and the receiver need one. As such, additional addresses are necessary whenever new users are connected to the Internet. | ||
| Complete info at ars technica. | |||