It is no secret that the 4 billion-plus Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) addresses are just about used up. According, the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), “phase 4” of its IPv4 ...

A possible fix arrived in December 1995 in the form of RFC 1883, the first definition of IPv6, the planned successor to IPv4.

In the ever-evolving digital landscape, IPv4 addresses have become a crucial commodity. With the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses due to the rapid expansion of internet usage, businesses and individuals ...

North America has finally run out of new addresses based on IPv4, the numbering system that got the Internet where it is today but which is running out of space for the coming era of networking. The ...