{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/39057.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":39057,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"The DWP should release it's block of 16,777,216 IP Addresses","background":null,"additional_details":"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.\r\nA solution (known as IPv6) is in development, but widespread adoption is a costly and time-consuming process.\r\n\r\nThe 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.\r\n\r\n(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).\r\n\r\nWe 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.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2012-09-19T19:30:06.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:28:26.755Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:39:28.616Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-09-19T19:30:06.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}