The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) and APNIC Pty Ltd recently signed a cooperation memorandum to jointly handle new Internet-related issues such as IPv4 address depletion, the IPv4 to IPv6 transition and domain name system security.
It is understood that on the basis of the current annual usage of almost 200 million IP addresses and a 19 percent annual growth in IP address usage, there will be no IP addresses left in the world by around 2012.
The number of addresses that China is likely to secure in the future will be very limited. “If there are no IP addresses available, new users cannot be created and normal Internet surfing will be affected,” said Mao Wei, director of the CNNIC.
By People's Daily Online
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