Can DENIC eG provide me with an IP address?
DENIC eG was, until April 30, 1996, the “Registry of Last Resort” for Germany and did in this function provide unique IP addresses. Due to the strong growth of the Internet and the technical problems arising from this growth, this procedure is not practicable any longer. Therefore, since April 30, 1996, we do not provide IP addresses anymore. If you need IP addresses for Internet access, then you can order them from your Internet Service Provider. You can use one of our members or choose from a large list of Local Internet Registries at RIPE. If you do not want to connect yourself to the Internet, you can probably get by with a so-called private address space. This concept is described in detail in RFC1918 (Address Allocation for Private Internets).
