Numbering, Number Portability, IP Naming and Addressing

IP Naming and Addressing

The internet now forms an essential part of our lives, whether through personal shopping and social networking, or managing business or government processes and transactions online.

The growth of the internet is not without its technical challenges however. This is not just about managing Domain Name Registries but the DNS system itself which maps the domain names we are familiar with to the IP addresses that actually drive the network. The DNS itself is rapidly expanding in response not just to basic demand for domains but also to cultural requirements and related scripts with the introduction of Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) which will enable Internet users to utilise other scripts in addition to the Latin alphabet when accessing the Internet.

Moreover, the very IP addresses which play such an important role in IP based infrastructure by uniquely identifying equipment or devices are under immense pressure with the traditional IPv4 range nearing exhaustion and being superseded by IPv6. This raises issues such as efficient management of the IPv4 range, strategies for the introduction of IPv6 addressing, and also transitioning strategies for the shift from existing IPv4 addressing to IPv6.

InterConnect has a team of consultants with unrivalled experience in IP Naming and Addressing. The team has a detailed understanding of all aspects involved, whether technical, administrative or policy, and can advise on all domain name and IP addressing issues.