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IPv6 Perfect Storm | No Comments

IPv6 Forum Fellow, North American IPv6 Task Force Technology Director, and HP Distinguished Technologist and Strategist, Yanick Pouffary, wonders: Over the past decade there have been many papers and news articles written about IPv6. So why write yet another article on IPv6 today? What has changed? The news is that IPv6 is already present on [...]

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Why do we need IPv6? | No Comments

OK, let’s hypothesize here for a moment….close your eyes, well figuratively, not literally, or else you won’t be able to read my text and you’ll miss my point for sure!!
Thanks to a recent unrelated conversation with one of my Twitter friends this came up:
Close your eyes and imagine for a moment that General Motors [...]

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Where Does IPsec Fit Into An IPv6 Architectures? | No Comments

Securing network infrastructures is a never-ending quest of figuring out where to deploy the most effective strategies in a specific environment. While it is common to use IPsec for site-to-site IPv4 VPN environments, it is underutilized for host-to-host communication, which could offer a far greater improvement for secured communications. If IPv6 deployments are [...]

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Are There Benefits to an IPv6 NAT Solution? | No Comments

Over the years, IPv6 proponents have offered many reasons for the adoption. As a core networking protocol, it is difficult to assign a fabulous and compelling business case – IPv6 is, after all, just plumbing. But if I had to sum it up, IPv6 is about scalability and a restoration of the end-to-end architecture originally [...]

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v6 Bulletin Updates, News, & Eventsarchive

Archive for June, 2009

Feds: IPv6 is a Priority
Posted by: admin on June 25, 2009 Comments Comments Off

With plans to deploy IPv6-enabled network services, the U.S. government is pushing for more v6 rules and regulations.

Cerf Says Internet Lacks Essential Features
Posted by: admin on June 25, 2009 Comments Comments Off

Vint Cerf, one of the Internet’s founding fathers, warns government and technology industry leaders that they have to face the Internet’s many shortcomings.

Comcast Lengthens IPv6 Lead
Posted by: admin on June 25, 2009 Comments Comments Off

Though it will be another year before Comcast’s IPv6 service is commercially available, Comcast is among the first carriers to demonstrate end-to-end IPv6 transmission for residential broadband customers.

Randy Bush on IPv6 Deployment
Posted by: admin on June 17, 2009 Comments Comments Off

In a recently recorded video interview, Randy Bush of the Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ) talks IPv6.

NANOG46 Presentations Available Online
Posted by: admin on June 17, 2009 Comments Comments Off

Read and download pertinent presentation files from NANOG46.

Ubiquitous Sensor Network Sought
Posted by: admin on June 17, 2009 Comments Comments Off

South Korea is planning to combine its weather and climate monitoring stations and various individual sensors using IPv6 and other next-generation network platforms.

IPv6 Becomes the Essential Backbone Protocol for Next-Generation Networking
Posted by: admin on June 17, 2009 Comments Comments Off

With the migration to IPv6 comes a need for increased monitoring and management to maximize ROI.

Internet Evangelist Promotes IPv6 to the Web World
Posted by: admin on June 17, 2009 Comments Comments Off

The IPv6 Forum and its sub-organization, the IPv6 Ready Logo Committee, introduced an IPv6 Enabled Logo Program aimed at testing and validating Web sites for IPv6 readiness and adoption.

Future of Building Automation With IP Version 6 & Cloud Networking
Posted by: admin on June 16, 2009 Comments Comments Off

IPv6 is the first of two new emerging technologies that will revolutionize the building automation industry.

IPv6 Internet Security for Your Network
Posted by: admin on June 16, 2009 Comments Comments Off

IPv6 can reduce many of the attacks prevalent on the IPv4 Internet. In this excerpt from the book IPv6 Security, you can learn how to secure your IPv6 network.