IPv6 Buzz 041: IPv4 Address Exhaustion And You!

In November of 2019, the Regional Internet Registry for Europe, or RIPE, announced that its supply of public IPv4 addresses was officially depleted.
In today’s episode of IPv6 Buzz, Ed, Scott, and Tom discuss what that means and why it’s impactful for companies everywhere (not just in Europe).
They also discuss the history of IPv4 address exhaustion and why IPv6 adoption is key to avoiding or mitigating the negative effects of it.
Topics discussed include:

* IANA and the Regional Internet Registries (e.g., RIPE, ARIN, APNIC, LACNIC, and AFRINIC)
* The history of IPv4 address exhaustion among IANA and the RIRs
* The role that cloud service providers play in IPv4 address exhaustion and its effect on customers
* The impact of IPv4 exhaustion on enterprises and how they can manage it

Thanks for listening!
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Show Links:
The RIPE NCC Has Run Out of IPv4 Addresses (November 2019) – RIPE
ARIN Finally Runs Out of IPv4 Addresses (from Sept 24th, 2015) – ARIN
ARIN Finally Runs Out of IPv4 Addresses – Scott Hogg via Network World
IPv4 Address Report – Potaroo.net (Geoff Huston)
LACNIC’s IPv4 Depletion Phases – LACNIC
IPv4 Address Exhaustion – Wikipedia
Your Hosts:

* Ed Horley @ehorley
* Tom Coffeen @ipv6tom
* Scott Hogg @scotthogg