ARIN today recognizes Interop, an organization with a long-standing
presence in the Internet industry, for returning its unneeded Internet
Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address space.
Interop was originally allocated a /8 before ARIN's existence and the
availability of smaller-sized address blocks. The organization recently
realized it was only using a small portion of its address block and that
returning the remainder to ARIN would be for the greater good of the
Internet community.
ARIN will accept the returned space and not reissue it for a short
period, per existing operational procedure. After the hold period, ARIN
will follow global policy at that time and return it to the global free
pool or distribute the space to those organizations in the ARIN region
with documented need, as appropriate.
With less than 5% of the IPv4 address space left in the global free
pool, ARIN warns that Interop's return will not significantly extend the
life of IPv4. ARIN continues to emphasize the need for all Internet
stakeholders to adopt the next generation of Internet Protocol, IPv6.
Regards,
Communications and Member Services
American Registry for Internet Numbers
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