As the demand for IPv4 addresses persists long after the depletion of ARIN’s IPv4 address pool, we recognize that organizations in our region seeking to acquire these resources often face a complex and challenging process when turning to the active transfer market. To address this and provide valuable support to the ARIN community, we are thrilled to announce the launch of ARIN’s new Qualified Facilitator Program. The Qualified Facilitator Program replaces the Specified Transfer Listing Service (STLS), which was retired on 1 June 2023 ..read more

As organizations explore the option of providing IPv4 address blocks to other organizations independent of connectivity services (commonly known as “IP address leasing”), they need to understand how such activities fit within ARIN’s policies. Whether your organization is a lessor or lessee, it is important to remain in alignment with the current policies in ARIN’s Number Resource Policy Manual (NRPM). For organizations seeking IPv4 addresses, IP address leasing can be an alternative to purchasing from the market or waiting for resources from ARIN’s IPv4 Waiting List ..read more

It goes without saying that an increasing number of internet users, devices, and applications correlates with the growing number of vulnerable points and the climbing risk of Internet Protocol (IP) address abuse — an umbrella term that describes all types of cybercrime, including spam, phishing, and malware. The global scarcity of IP version 4 (IPv4) number resources only aggravates this issue. As IPv4 addresses become increasingly valuable, malicious actors have found ways to take advantage ..read more

In my last post I gave you some background and current statistics on the IPv4 transfer market, now I want to give you a few pointers on how to navigate it, whether you are interested in obtaining or releasing IPv4 address space. Before we begin, I encourage you to look at the IPv4 transfer flow chart we’ve created. It should help successfully guide you through the process. Releasing IPv4 Address Space For organizations seeking to release unused IPv4 addresses via the transfer market, it’s extremely important to make sure your IPv4 addresses are registered to an active legal entity wi ..read more

The line for IPv4 addresses keeps getting longer, but will it ever get shorter? Since ARIN reached full IPv4 depletion on 24 September 2015, organizations with a justified need for IPv4 addresses have the option to be added to ARIN’s IPv4 Waiting List. Currently there are more than 350+ organizations that opted to go that route in the hopes IPv4 address space will come available. Will any of these organizations ever get space and thus drop off the list ..read more

Believe it or not, it’s been a year since ARIN reached full IPv4 depletion on 24 September 2015. In that time, we’ve seen organizations continue to seek IPv4 addresses via both our IPv4 Waiting List and the IPv4 transfer market. We’ve also seen some exciting strides made toward full IPv6 adoption in the industry and expect to see IPv6 deployments continue to increase within the region. I’d like to share a few observations we’ve made during the past year to ensure networks within the ARIN region can continue to get the resources they need to operate ..read more

Last week, we fulfilled 73 requests off the ARIN IPv4 Waiting list. The feedback about ARIN’s IPv4 Waiting List has been remarkably positive, as many users still require small blocks of address space from ARIN for their networks. However, we’ve received a few reports from individuals who have experienced some routing issues with their newly allocated IP addresses. Let’s take a look at why this may be the case and what can be done to remedy the issue ..read more

ARIN’s IPv4 free pool depleted in September 2015, but we continue to issue IPv4 address blocks to organizations via our IPv4 Waiting List. On a quarterly basis, ARIN distributes IPv4 address space that has become available to those parties who have qualified and are on our IPv4 Waiting List. IPv4 Waiting List Distribution Scheduled for this Month Our next IPv4 Waiting List distribution is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, 30 June 2021 and will complete during the first week of July ..read more

It has been more than three months since ARIN’s free pool of IPv4 address space depleted, and we have seen a few interesting trends in the registration operation since then. 1. The waiting list for unmet requests has grown to over 200 organizations and the relative rate of incoming IPv4 free pool requests has decreased. Since 24 September 2015 when we issued the last IPv4 address block from the free pool inventory, we still have some IPv4 requests coming in and the waiting list for unmet requests continues to grow ..read more

A little more than five years ago on 24 September 2015, our IPv4 well ran dry. At that time our pool of IPv4 addresses whittled down to zero. For some time, there were only two options to obtain IPv4 addresses yourself: pay a broker and go to the transfer market or add your name to our waiting list, which (at that time) took a very long time to get filled. There were no restrictions about who could add their name to the waiting list and there was no limit around how much IPv4 address space you could request ..read more