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.
Cloudflare 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.
Read the storyASPA status check: publishable at most RIRs, still not an RFC
LACNIC's 9 September explainer notes that ASPA's core documents are still IETF drafts. Validators already process ASPA objects, but details of the validation algorithm may still change.
Read the storyAPNIC 62 panel looks at geofeeds, RIR data and IP geolocation accuracy
A panel at APNIC 62 discussed how geofeeds, registry data and third-party geolocation providers fit together, and why accuracy and privacy both need attention.
Read the storyARIN funds an RPKI operational health dashboard for its region
Virginia Tech received a US$17,350 ARIN Community Grant, announced 22 September, to build an RPKI Operational Health Dashboard for the ARIN service region.
Read the storyPolicy Tracker, September 2026
Where ARIN, RIPE and APNIC number-resource proposals stood on 30 September 2026, and which of them affect holders of portable address space.
Read the storyOctober 2026 events for BYOIP teams: NANOG 98, ARIN 58 and RIPE 93
October's meetings cover policy, routing security and registry services. ARIN 58 includes a directory-services roadmap session on 23 October.
Read the storyRIPE proposals to simplify first ASNs and revise IPv6 PI move to Review Phase
Proposal 2026-01 would remove the needs assessment for an organisation's first AS number, and 2024-01 would revise IPv6 PI assignments. Both reached Review Phase, the RIPE Chair Team reported on 22 September.
Read the storyRIPE NCC publishes draft agenda for the October 2026 General Meeting
The General Meeting runs 28-30 October in Sofia and online. Members will discuss the 2027 Activity Plan and Budget and vote on changes to the Executive Board's structure; resolution proposals close on 14 October.
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