Displaying items by tag: APNIC

A lone individual, Robert Elz, managed the domain name system for the .au domain from the time Australia hooked up to the Internet until he was forced to pass it over to a the current organisation, auDA, in 2001.

The first employee of Australia's Academic and Research Network, Geoff Huston, is still very much a nerd and one not inclined to puff up his own achievements – which include playing a pivotal role in setting up the Internet in this country 30 years ago. He believes the Internet has become toxic with inadequate security.

A hacker appears to have breached India's national Internet registry and is trying to sell access to servers and a database dump from more than 6000 Indian ISPs, private firms and government agencies through advertisements on the dark web.

ARIN, the regional internet registry for North America, is no longer able to meet requests for IPv4 addresses.

NEXTDC has appointed Paul Gampe to the position of chief technology officer.

As with anything a scarcity of supply creates a potentially lucrative market - white, grey or black, and IPv4 addresses are no exception, with prices as high as $US11 being reported. ISOC however is urging that established guidelines for address transfers be followed.

The head of InternetNZ, Vikram Kumar, has called on the Government to take a lead in IPv6 adoption, saying that, in the absence of any Government funding to assist with the transition, industry groups are under increasing pressure.

The Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) has reached the last block of IPv4 addresses in its '¨available pool, and has initiated a major change in regional delegation policy, rationing IPv4 addresses.

BRISBANE and AUSTIN, TX - March 24, 2011 - SolarWinds®, Inc. (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today announced a deal with the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) that will give the Regional Internet Registry deeper insights into its network monitoring and reporting.

There's no need to panic (yet!) but the last blocks of IPv4 addresses have now been allocated to the Regional Internet Registries.  IANA has none left.

Global Internet bodies are incensed by a United Nations review of Internet governance that will be conducted solely by government representatives. They are urging people to sign a petition calling for a more widely representative review

'¦Is that they are expected to run out in exactly 12 months from today, on 14 July 2011. The bad news is a forecast exhaustion date only nine months hence.