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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 July, 2009

Malaysia to Consider Migrating to IPv6
Posted by: admin on July 30, 2009 Comments Comments Off

Malaysia is mulling a move from IPv4 to IPv6.

DNS Security, Net Neutrality Up for Debate at IETF Meeting
Posted by: admin on July 30, 2009 Comments Comments Off

DNS security, network neutrality, and IPv6 adoption are currently considered some of the Internet’s toughest problems.

Entanet - UK Broadband ISPs that Fail to Adopt IPv6 Could Be Negligent
Posted by: admin on July 30, 2009 Comments Comments Off

Network operator Entanet UK warns that waiting to adopt IPv6 might risk "compromising network performance.”

IPv6: Transition Consideration for LTE and Evolved Packet Core
Posted by: admin on July 23, 2009 Comments Comments Off

3G Americas publishes another white paper to educate the wireless industry about the need to transition to IPv6.

The ROI of Moving to IPv6
Posted by: admin on July 22, 2009 Comments Comments Off

Bob Violino gives suggestions to consider when measuring the ROI on the transition to IPv6.

Five of the Biggest IPv6-Based Threats Facing CIOs
Posted by: admin on July 22, 2009 Comments Comments Off

The IETF has identified many security threats related to IPv6.

Largest US IPv6 Network Welcomes Rivals
Posted by: admin on July 16, 2009 Comments Comments Off

Hurricane Electric sees promise in the IPv6 efforts by Comcast and other big carriers, as the competition highlights the firm’s own progress within the United States.

What’s Driving This University to IPv6 Going Green
Posted by: admin on July 16, 2009 Comments Comments Off

With a goal to improve energy conservation across campus, Ave Maria University plans to adopt IPv6.

Internet’s Biggest Issue? IPv6 Transition, New ARIN CEO Says
Posted by: admin on July 16, 2009 Comments Comments Off

In an interview with Carolyn Duffy Marsan for Network World, John Curran, new president and CEO of ARIN, talks about the future of ARIN under his leadership.

Akamai Announces First Quarter 2009 State of the Internet Report
Posted by: admin on July 16, 2009 Comments Comments Off

Akamai reports a rise in IPv6 adoption, v6-enabled country-level domains, and stimulus funding allocated to improve broadband availability in rural areas across the globe.