LARUS.net Announces Opportunity to Purchase IPv4 Addresses for Network Expansion

LARUS’s October 2023 address-purchase announcement, and the later question of what buying an IP address actually guarantees.

LARUS company announcement · EIN Presswire / 8 News Now

This LARUS announcement, distributed through EIN Presswire in October 2023, presents an IPv4 purchase service for operators expanding their networks. It describes acquiring addresses through the market as a way to obtain the resources needed for deployment.

That commercial transaction answers how an operator can obtain an address. It leaves another question open: what protects the running network if the registry changes its treatment of that address?

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From a purchase to a durable right

Lu Heng’s later ITW 2025 talk challenges the gap between buying an address and having lasting control. Note 72 states the proposed alternative: continuity for operating networks, accurate records and a right to move between registries without losing resources. The announcement records the earlier service; the later argument asks what protection a transaction alone cannot provide.