UK Government Owns 16.9 Million Unused IPv4 Addresses 399
hypnosec writes "The Department of Work and Pensions in the UK has a /8 block of IPv4 addresses that is unused. An e-petition was created asking the DWP to sell off the block to ease the IPv4 address scarcity in the RIPE region. John Graham-Cumming, the person who first discovered the unused block, discovered that these 16.9 million IP addresses were unused after checking in the ASN database."
Re:Let's reserve our favorite numbers now! (Score:5, Funny)
You can have 51.51.51.51, but I've got dibs on 0x33333333.
Re:Who cares (Score:2, Funny)
Oops, I mentioned global warming, I guess that makes me a troll.
Re:Who cares (Score:5, Funny)
Well, windows not being able to get into the internet is a big advantage of IPv6!
And once again (Score:2, Funny)
Re:16.777 != 16.9 (Score:5, Funny)
Someone used the Imperial IP which is slightly bigger than the Metric IP, hence the result is 16.9.
Re:16.777 != 16.9 (Score:5, Funny)
Ah, the widescreen version.
Re:Really? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Who cares (Score:5, Funny)
No, that doesn't, but acting like the issue is settled and done with does. Pick something less controversial and more agreed on next time. There are plenty of examples you could have used to support your point which are not politically charged topics.
In other words, play it safe - use gay marriage as your example next time.
Re:Who cares (Score:4, Funny)
that's the price of progress
I believe... (Score:5, Funny)
So it's going to be IPv5 for me, while you suckers make a mess of IPv6!
Re:I believe... (Score:2, Funny)
Do tell us how it's done!
Re:I believe... (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot post in 2022 (Score:5, Funny)
"The Slashdot user known as bbn has a /48 block of IPv6 addresses that is unused. An e-petition was created ..."