North America's IPv4 address supply is running dry
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The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) warns that it will be unable to fulfill a request for the allocation of a large block of IPv4 addresses due to depletion of the available address pool. This is a first for the registry, which is changing its allocation policy in response to the event. Organizations requesting large address blocks may have to settle for smaller allocations instead-or join a waiting list with no promise of fulfillment.
The global supply of IPv4 addresses has long been in peril. Other registries around the globe have all issued similar announcements in the past. ARIN states that IPv4 addresses are still available, but as their IPv4 countdown page ...