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Repairing IP Address Reputations
Each kind of organization cares about one or more different characteristics of an address. They characteristics they care about – qualities they approve or disapprove – impact whether they’ll accept mail from or serve content to a specific address. Read more
Buying IPv4 Addresses Online
Buying IPv4 addresses online can involve an auction, “buy now” options or privately negotiated transactions. The differences are significant, preferable depending on budgets processes and urgency. Learn about the alternatives here. Read more
Hijacked IP Addresses
Hijacked IP addresses are used in malicious, often illegal, and often profitable businesses. Some spam just preys on the gullible, other forms distribute malware or steal users’ identities. To discover more about hijacked IPs: Read more
Electrical Co-ops & IP Addresses
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Assoc. estimates there are 6.3 million households in co-op service areas without broadband. Systems have been deployed to use existing wires to bring service to these users. Read more
IPv4 Waiting Lists
IP registries created waiting lists to distribute addresses returned to them. Wait times vary but most RiRs expect new requests to be honored no sooner than in two years. To understand the procedures at each RIR and consider alternatives, Read more
IP Address Fees in 2022
IP registries are essential to the efficient operation of the internet. This management requires time, trouble and people and so isn’t free. This blog looks at the history of fees paid to register and transfer IP addresses across all the RIRs. Read more
IP Address Location Data
Geographical location impacts agreements and other controls across the internet. Many organizations need information about the physical location of an IP address accessing content of one kind or another. Read more
Cooperatives: IPv4 Alongside IPv6
Phone companies pioneered access in the 90s because the internet required phones and modems. But always-on access changed things. Enter the power company. And with that involvement, complex technological issues. Read more
IPv4 Pricing Trends – May, 2022
IPv4 address prices have experienced an inversion in recent months. What was once less costly per address is now relatively expensive. This unexpected turn of events has implications for both buyers and sellers and can be significant. Read more
IP Blocking
A network can fence its own IP addresses to bar unwanted access to specific content or block specific external ones from access to some or all content. There are many reasons for blocking, not all of which involve hackers. Read more
The Hidden Value of IPv4
The number of IP addresses is limited, creating a demand for addresses worldwide, particularly from the cloud computing industry. This demand has raised the value of IPv4 to levels that the internet’s original developers didn’t predict. Read more
CIDR in Networking
CIDR was developed to assign IP addresses in a wider variety of block sizes, reducing the waste of unused space. The system is explored here along with the advantages of more flexibility and efficiencies in routing that result. Read more