Tag Archives: john curran

April, 2010

• 21 April

  Is IP cybersquatting a real threat?

  In light of the upcoming IPv4 shortage, ARIN President John Curran is concerned that so-called “IP cybersquatting” could emerge where companies could sell their unused addresses on the black market for profit: We’re going to see a similar circumstance [to domain name cyber squatting] to some extent. Certainly there will …

January, 2010

• 8 January

  10% of IPv4 addresses left

  Some had feared that the IPv4 address system might run out this year, but Internet users can now breathe a sigh of relief. According to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), the organisation under ICANN that manages IPs, 10.2% of the IPv4 system is still left. That’s enough to last …

October, 2009

• 20 October

  American ISPs stock up on IPv6 addresses

  Facing an imminent shortage of IPv4 addresses, American ISPs are beginning to request more and more IPv6 addresses. So far this year, the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) has received some 300 requests for IPv6 address blocks– greater than the number of requests made in 2007 and 2008 combined. …