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Routing, Trust & RPKI.

May 24, 2023

The routing protocols we rely on today were developed in a much friendlier environment. No doubt, no one anticipated they’d be in place more than 30 years later. Read more

Are IP Addresses Property?

May 18, 2023

Does their specific use make IP addresses “property?” If a “property right is the exclusive authority to determine how a resource is used,” addresses don’t fit. Read more

Making CIDR

May 16, 2023

Early IP systems subdivided all the available IP addresses into three flavors. Each wildly different. These packages of addresses left the distributors of them few choices. Read more

Universities and Underused
IPv4 Address Space

May 11, 2023

Many universities have large pools of unused or under-utilized IPv4 address space. Understanding the value of these assets and knowing how to sell them is crucial. Read more

Intellectual Property During Mergers & Acquisitions

May 8, 2023

The ownership of intangible assets sometimes changes hands without the acquiring company being aware of the transfer. So, one may buy an asset and be unaware they have done so. Read more

How Educational Institutions
Sell Unused IPv4 Addresses
for Millions

April 10, 2023

Universities across the country including Penn State, MIT and Harvard are selling large blocks of IPv4 addresses that they do not need (ie. are not using) for millions of dollars. Read more

What is GeoIP
and Why Does It Matter?

April 7, 2023

Filtering based on apparent location can be a challenge when starting to use IP addresses that were previously used elsewhere. Remedies are available. Read more

IPv4 Addresses
& Their Role in Education

March 7, 2023

The Internet Protocol (IP) is a set of rules (a protocol), for addressing and routing data so it can travel through networks and arrive at its intended destination. Internet-connected devices each have a unique IP address. Read more

What is an ASN
and Do I Need One?

March 2, 2023

An ASN is a unique identifier that’s assigned to a group of one or more IP prefixes run by one or more network operators that maintain a single, clearly-defined routing policy. Read more

2022: Complex & Unpredictable

February 23, 2023

Here are a few statistics on the state of the IPv4 marketplace during 2022. Trends and macro information on regional and worldwide activity summarized. Read more

Merger & Acquisition Intangibles

February 23, 2023

An ASN is a unique identifier that’s assigned to a group of one or more IP prefixes run by one or more network operators that maintain a single, clearly-defined routing policy. Read more

Electric Cooperatives
& Broadband Expansion

February 9, 2023

America’s electric cooperatives (co-ops)—whose original mission was to provide electricity to remote locales and have since expanded to providing high-speed internet—welcomed news of growing federal support. Read more