[AusNOG] IANA Allocated last 2 /8's? The IPocalypse is here?

[James Troy]

hmm your right my maths seems to have failed me :S

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Leo Vegoda <leo.vegoda at icann.org> wrote:

> Hi Skeeve,
>
> On 19 Jan 2011, at 7:08, Skeeve Stevens wrote:
> > As Greg points out on
> http://etherealmind.com/the-ipocalypse-is-nigh-bring-it-on/, it seems IANA
> has allocated the last 2 /8's before there are 5 remaining, with one /8
> being issued to each RIR.
> >
> > Ref:
> http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space/ipv4-address-space.xml
> >
> > With:
> >
> > 39/8
> > 102/8
> > 103/8
> > 104/8
> > 106/8
> > 179/8
> > 185/8
>
> That is seven /8s. In other words - no change since November 2010.
>
> > I can't see the announcement on the IANA website that the allocation has
> happened, or which /8's they are, but perhaps someone else knows here.
>
> When the last /8s are allocated the first thing to change will be the IPv4
> address space registry. If you want to be the first to know you are welcome
> to pull it once an hour and diff it against the previous version. Please
> don't pull it once a second, like a European ISP once did. It's going to
> take a while before this lot will hit ISP networks when it is allocated, so
> the extra few minutes wait should not inconvenience anyone.
>
> We will also be making announcements and even tweets (@theiana) but looking
> at the actual registry is going to be the fastest way to find out that it
> has happened.
>
> Regards,
>
> Leo
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