BYOIP News
Verified developments affecting portable IP address space, with the primary sources cited on every story. Vendor-neutral, and published only when something has actually changed.
ARIN sets conditions for directory-service retirements after consultation
ARIN's revised roadmap ties RWhois retirement to migration tooling and puts port 43 WHOIS back on a consultation path. Audit lookup dependencies now.
Read the storyNovember 2026 events for BYOIP teams: IETF 127 and operator meetings
IETF 127 meets in San Francisco from 14 to 20 November. ARIN has no public-policy meeting this month; operator meetings continue in Europe and North America.
Read the storyRIPE NCC members approve 2026 financial treatment and Board amendments
RIPE NCC members voted to retain any 2026 surplus in reserves, cover a deficit through the membership in 2027, and amend the Articles of Association.
Read the storyARIN fulfills 483 IPv4 waiting-list requests in October distribution
ARIN's 7 October announcement reports 483 waiting-list requests fulfilled from 577 listed IPv4 blocks, with the next distribution scheduled for late Q4.
Read the storyCloudflare adds BGP route filters for GRE and IPsec tunnels
Cloudflare's 15 October release adds import and export filters for tunnel BGP routes. Magic Transit users should check prefix exceptions and route limits.
Read the storyCloudflare raises Tunnel and Mesh route capacity to 50,000 per account
Cloudflare's 16 October update raises the account limit for CIDR and hostname routes on Cloudflare Tunnel and Mesh from 1,000 to 50,000. Magic Transit BGP route limits remain separate.
Read the storyRIPE NCC restricts the acquisition of additional LIR accounts
RIPE NCC's 30 September notice restricts members from acquiring additional LIR accounts, with effect from 29 September. Existing multiple accounts do not have to close.
Read the storyCloudflare makes BGP over GRE and IPsec generally available
Cloudflare's 5 October release makes BGP over GRE and IPsec available for production on Unified Routing accounts. BGP over CNI remains in closed beta.
Read the storyIBM Cloud VPC introduces a restricted-access IPv4 BYOIP beta
IBM's 29 September release lets selected customers bring IPv4 ranges to Cloud VPC as custom authorized CIDRs. Access and provisioning remain controlled.
Read the storySeptember IPv4 prices ease further in IPv4Center's transaction data
IPv4Center's September report puts the average at US$19.94 per address, down 1.8% from August. Its volume-weighted average is lower, at US$14.88.
Read the storyStudy finds RPKI-related events account for a small share of BGP updates
An 11-year study summarised on APNIC's blog associates well below 1% of observed BGP updates with RPKI events, while finding that the share is growing.
Read the storyVirtualizor reports package-signing changes after August BGP hijack
A 29 September vendor update reports package and API-response signing after an August routing hijack. The incident illustrates the limits of origin validation.
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