But here in 2024, we're all still using IPv4, and IPv4 exhaustion is just as pressing a problem as ever. Why is it so difficult for the world to escape from IPv4's clutches, and will IPv6 ever ...

When did you first hear concern expressed about the prospect of explosive growth of the internet resulting in exhaustion of the ... and the IPv4 scheme used since the 1980s has a 32-bit address ...

Leslie Daigle, CTO of the Internet Society, a body dedicated to providing leadership in internet-related standards, education and policy, said: "We hope [IPv4 address exhaustion] sparks other ...

Technically, IPv4 address exhaustion has already happened: the last blocks of IPv4 addresses were allocated to the world's Regional Internet Registries (RIR) in early February. And in mid-April ...