In the early 1990s, internet engineers sounded the alarm: the pool of numeric addresses that identify every device online was not infinite. IPv4, the fourth version of the Internet Protocol, used ...

If you are using Internet or almost any computer network you will likely using IPv4 packets. IPv4 uses 32-bit source and destination address fields. We are actually running out of addresses but have ...

Some time last year, a weird thing happened in the hackerspace where this is being written. The Internet was up, and was blisteringly fast as always, but only a few websites worked. What was up?

The shortage of IPv4 addresses has reached a critical stage, according to the registries that allocate internet numbers around the world. The Number Resource Organization (NRO), which represents the ...

The few blocks of Internet addresses yet to be allocated under the old IPv4 protocol seem to be home to some “hotspots” of unwanted traffic that anyone who gets the addresses would have to pay for, a ...

An Internet Protocol address, also known as an IP address, is a unique number that identifies a device connected to the ...

An internet protocol (IP) address is a unique identifying number assigned to a device that connects to the internet. It functions as an online device address―characterized by a string of numbers―used ...

Without a steady supply of fresh addresses, many Internet-related activities are going to become problematic in the years to come. Things like connecting new users and new servers. All those iPhone 5 ...

By replacing ad-hoc runbooks and manual procedures with consistent automation, IPXO reduces operational risk while making ...