At Lacnic 40, held this month in Fortaleza, Brazil, it was highlighted the fact that not only are there not enough IPv4 addresses to satisfy the region's demand, but also another 165,000 were transferred from this area to others in the world, accentuating the shortage. For some experts, the solution is not leasing but definitely moving to IPv6. Warnings of existence of black market.

The exhaustion of IPv4 addresses in Latin America gave rise to the fact that during the recent edition of Lacnic 40, in Fortaleza, Brazil, one of the debates in the technical forum was about the viability of incorporating the modality of rental, leasing or hiring of those addresses.

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To alleviate shortage of IPv4 addresses, region debates possibility of renting them

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