RIPE 85 News Update

Home / Industry

RIPE 85 News Update

	By IPv4.Global (Sponsored Post) Premier IPv4 Broker and Online Marketplace
	November 14, 2022 Views: 6,268

Over 1,000 organizations are each waiting more than 300 days to get a block of just 256 IPv4 addresses—a /24—in the RIPE region. The RIPE NCC warned that the wait time will soon reach 24 months despite allocating 900 /24s in the last year.

In December 2021, 330 member organizations were waiting for a /24. But half of those members had multiple accounts. More than half of waiting members now have just one account.

Each request from a member with multiple accounts delays what the RIPE NCC described as “real newcomers” by 1 to 2 days. They asked whether the community wants to change the policy.

The Database Working Group discussed adding geolocation as a purpose in the RIPE Database Terms and Conditions. Another suggestion was to place geolocation in a separate, independent, database. Users rely on the “operational purposes” term now but this is hard to interpret. The Database Working Group co-chairs will now decide how to manage this discussion.

Ukraine’s government requested help from the RIPE NCC earlier in October 2022. The RIPE NCC described several ways it could protect members in distressed areas from forced transfers. They asked the RIPE community to develop a policy for this issue. But the community pushed back and asked the RIPE NCC and asked the RIPE NCC board to take action.

The subject has generated a wave of discussion on the RIPE NCC Services Working Group list.

By IPv4.Global, Premier IPv4 Broker and Online Marketplace

IPv4.Global by Hilco Streambank helps companies with IPv4 addresses to sell, find companies who need to buy IPv4 addresses. Our business is founded on the belief that the transaction that yields mutual satisfaction is worth pursuing. We customize solutions that work for both buyers and sellers and help evaluate options for acquiring the IP addresses you need, given your Regional Internet Registry requirements.

Visit Page

Filed Under

Comments

Commenting is not available in this channel entry.

The Weekly Wrap

More and more professionals are choosing to publish critical posts on CircleID from all corners of the Internet industry. If you find it hard to keep up daily, consider subscribing to our weekly digest. We will provide you a convenient summary report once a week sent directly to your inbox. It's a quick and easy read.

I make a point of reading CircleID. There is no getting around the utility of knowing what thoughtful people are thinking and saying about our industry.

VINTON CERF
Co-designer of the TCP/IP Protocols & the Architecture of the Internet