This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition The DWP should release it's block of 16,777,216 IP Addresses
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The world is running out of IPv4 addresses. In Europe, it is anticipated that the existing pool of addresses will be entirely exhausted within a year. This is a serious problem for ISP's, businesses and internet users alike- akin to the phone book running out of numbers.
A solution (known as IPv6) is in development, but widespread adoption is a costly and time-consuming process.
The Department for Work and Pensions has its own allocated block of 16,777,216 IPv4 addresses. It is not using this range publicly, and it is therefore a huge waste of resources.
(It has been suggested that the DWP is using this range internally. This is simply poor network design- there are many private ranges that were designated specifically for internal use).
We ask that the DWP releases these addresses back to RIPE - who are responsible for allocating IP addresses. This will stall (but not stop) the depletion of IPv4, giving major ISP's and the like more time to implement IPv6.
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