− | The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority[[IANA]] allocates parts of the IPv4 address space according to the established needs of Regional Internet Registries AfriNIC (Africa, portions of the Indian Ocean),APNIC (Portions of Asia, portions of Oceania), ARIN (Canada, many Caribbean and North Atlantic islands, and the United States), LACNIC (Latin America, portions of the Caribbean), and RIPE NCC (Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia). The Regional Internet Registries are responsible for the assignment of IPv4 addresses to operators and users of the Internet within their regions.<ref>[ftp://ftp.ripe.net/rfc/rfc3330.txt ftp.ripe.net]</ref> | + | The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority ([[IANA]]) allocates parts of the IPv4 address space according to the established needs of Regional Internet Registries: [[AfriNIC]] (Africa, portions of the Indian Ocean), [[APNIC]] (Portions of Asia, portions of Oceania), [[ARIN]] (Canada, many Caribbean and North Atlantic islands, and the United States), [[LACNIC]] (Latin America, portions of the Caribbean), and [[RIPE NCC]] (Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia). The Regional Internet Registries are responsible for the assignment of IPv4 addresses to operators and users of the Internet within their regions.<ref>[ftp://ftp.ripe.net/rfc/rfc3330.txt ftp.ripe.net]</ref> |