Policy changes make it easier to meet IPv4 and ASN request criteria
APNIC today implemented prop-113 and prop-114 which change the request criteria for the delegation of IPv4 addresses and ASNs.
Tag: IPv4
Experiences from SANOG 27, Nepal
Guest Post: Anurag Bhatia from Hurricane Electric provides his account of SANOG 27, held recently in Kathmandu, Nepal.
BGP in 2015
Geoff Huston discusses why an analysis and forecasting of BGP can be useful for folk in the Internet business, with predictions for IPv4 and IPv6 BGP Tables Sizes for the next 5 years.
Evaluating IPv4 and IPv6 packet fragmentation
Geoff Huston examines IP packet fragmentation in detail looking at the design choices made by IPv4 and IPv6.
Addressing 2015 – Last One Standing!
Let’s see what has changed in the past 12 months in addressing the Internet, and look at how IP address allocation information can inform us of the changing nature of the network itself.
Behind the Curtain: Making IPv6 work
Before IPv6 can ‘just work’ for Internet users, ISPs and software developers often have legacy technology challenges to overcome at the back end.
Three of the best: IPv4
Here’s your top three IPv4 posts that you viewed this year.
Understanding the IPv4 Secondary Market
Guest Post: Dr Ajay Kumar examines the growth of the IPv4 transfer market and the role he believes the RIR communities need to play.
Sharing knowledge @ APRICOT 2016
Guest Post: There’s less than three months to go before APRICOT 2016 in Auckland, New Zealand – have you registered?
Examining IPv6 Performance
Performance is sometimes used as a reason not to deploy IPv6. Here’s the results of large scale measurement of IPv4 and IPv6 performance – you be the judge.