Are RIPE Members Trying To “Game” The System?

This one piqued my curiosity this morning. There is no IPv4 left. While that’s not something that non-techies care about (yet) it is something that people in the technical community are worried about at some level. Within the RIPE region the IP address allocation policy is governed by “the last /8 policy”. A potential loophole… Continue reading Are RIPE Members Trying To “Game” The System?

Verisign To Dual Stack EPP Servers

Verisign has been offering IPv6 connections to their EPP servers for the last year. However as of March 14th the Verisign registry backend will become dual stacked ie. the hostnames for IPv4 and IPv6 connections will be identical. While this may not impact that many registrars now, it will become more important over time, though… Continue reading Verisign To Dual Stack EPP Servers

Eurid Rolling Out IPv6 On Production Services

Eurid, the registry operator for .eu, has announced that it will be rolling out IPv6 across its remaining websites, including the registrar extranet. The registry operator is currently running its main site on both IPv4 and IPv6. All sites should be 100% dual-stack from May 2nd 2012. Unfortunately it does not look like they’ll be… Continue reading Eurid Rolling Out IPv6 On Production Services

ARIN Trials WhoWas Service

ARIN is running a trial service that gives users access to historical IP whois data ie. it will tell you who was responsible for an IP address or block of IPs. The service is not automated and if you want to access it you will need to submit a request via email with information about… Continue reading ARIN Trials WhoWas Service

Ripe Implements IPv4 Allocation Policy Change

The depletion of remaining IPv4 space is not a “sexy” topic, but it’s a very important one. RIPE, which is charged with the IP space for Europe, has implemented a policy change regarding the reallocation of IP space. While this may sound very technical, what it means is that they’re streamlining the process for freeing… Continue reading Ripe Implements IPv4 Allocation Policy Change

Vint Cert Visits Nominet and Oxford Internet Institute

Image via Wikipedia The Nominet management blog is always a good source of thoughtful and interesting posts. The latest one, by Lesley Cowley, Nominet’s CEO, covers Vint Cerf’s recent visit to their offices and a talk he gave at the Oxford Internet Institute. As can be expected IPv6 and the depletion of IPv4 was on… Continue reading Vint Cert Visits Nominet and Oxford Internet Institute

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