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Press Releases

RIPE NCC in the News

• [12 October 2010]
  Graph Shows Decline of IPv4 Has Been Mostly Linear
  As the free pool of IPv4 addresses reaches its end, the RIPE NCC looks at the evolution of the amount of unassigned IPv4 address space over time. (Source: CircleID)
   
• [23 September 2010]
  Secondary DNS Service for ccTLDs
  One of the hot topics at this year's Internet Governance Forum was the continuing development of the infrastructure of the Internet in emerging markets. (Source: CircleID)
   
• [20 September 2010]
  Companies Starting to Get IPv6 Message
  Although ISPs could be doing more to promote the technology says RIPE NCC (Source: Techworld)
   
• [15 July 2010]
  DNSSEC Protocol Kicks off in Internet Root Zone
  The DNSSEC initiative to embed security at the heart of the internet by preventing URL spoofing and other attacks has passed an important milestone. (Source ZDNet UK)
   
• [15 July 2010]
  Public Key to Secure DNS Servers
  Internet infrastructure organisation RIPE NCC claims it has reached a milestone with the publication of a root zone key that will enable a more secure web. (Source: PC Pro)
   
• [15 July 2010]
  Internet Takes DNSSEC on Board
  Root servers get assigned security standard (Source: Network World)
   
• [15 July 2010]
  DNS Security Adoption Boosted by Root Zone Key
  Culmination of decades of work will help make internet more secure. (Source V3.co.uk)
   
• [4 June 2010]
  DNSSEC Should Prove Toxic for Cache-Poisoners
  When the DNSSEC protocol public key is deployed on 15 July, it will be Black Thursday for the criminals who redirect traffic to fraudulent websites, says Axel Pawlik (RIPE NCC). (Source: ZDNet UK)
   
• [28 May 2010]
  Are you Ready for the Big Internet Crunch?
  In 18 months time the internet as we know it will no longer be able to grow (Source: CNN).
   
• [17 May 2010]
  Q&A;: RIPE NCC Managing Director Axel Pawlik
  Is the IPv4 address space finally about to be depleted? (Source: Computing.co.uk)
   
• [12 May 2010]
  Demand for IPv4 Addresses Surges
  RIPE NCC says talk of black market is premature. (Source: PC Advisor)
   
• [11 May 2010]
  Internet approaches addressing limit
  In less than 18 months there will be no more big blocks of IPv4 addresses to give out, estimates suggest. (Source: BBC).
   
• [21 April 2010]
  IPv4 addresses dwindling as allocations hit record high
  Number Resource Organisation sees record take-up of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
   
• [19 January 2010]
  'Grave Consequences' If Web Community Doesn't Switch to New Address Protocol
  The internet is running out of web addresses, with less than 10 per cent of current-generation IPv4 web addresses still available, warns the Number Resource Organization.
   
• [19 January 2010]
  IPv4 addresses to be exhausted by 2012
  Number Resource Organization urges firms to switch to IPv6 now.
   
• [19 January 2010]
  IPv4 addresses: Less than 10% Still Available
  The shortage of IPv4 addresses has reached a critical stage, according to the registries that allocate internet numbers around the world.