IPv6 News

A security issue affects several Ubuntu releases.
Complete info at HNS.

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We don’t give enough credit to people who will sacrifice themselves trying to plug the IPv4 dam with some NAT-putty.
Complete article at CircleID.

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NASA’s space internet will benefit networks on Earth and there is an open source version too.
Complete info at Internetnews and DevX.

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Version 3.2 of the Metasploit exploitation development and attack framework has been released, giving malicious hackers and security specialists a bevy of new penetration techniques.
Complete info at GCN.

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Fuji Xerox Australia has recently introduced its new line of colour multifunction devices (MFDs) designed for the environment and better business workflow and security, including the ApeosPort-III C3300/C2200/C2201 and DocuCentre-III C3300/C2200/C2201.
Complete info at PR Web and eMediaWire.

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Hurricane Electric, a leading IP transit provider, has continued its rapid network growth by connecting to the Hong Kong Internet Exchange (HKIX).
Complete info at Ad-Hoc-News, Sys-Con and BusinessWire.

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A change in the way the Windows client enables IP routes to be amended manually is the target of a potentially serious exploit for Vista users only, that Microsoft may now have no choice but to address.
Complete info at BetaNews.

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The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that its IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) Workgroup has enabled the major Linux “distros” to meet the U.S. Federal Government’s Department of Defense (DOD) mandate and certification requirements for this next-generation Internet protocol.
Complete info at EarthTimes, MarketWatch and IB Times.

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Over the past 30 years the Internet Protocol has continued to evolve, but no one has been carefully documenting all of the changes.
Complete info at InfoWorld.

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In November 2008 APNIC publically released its resource
certification toolkit. This system allows a holder of
APNIC-allocated IP number resources (IP addresses and AS
numbers) to have these resources certified by APNIC as being
currently held by the entity through the issuance and
publication of a digital resource certificate. In this
article I will look at resource certificates in some detail,
looking at the technology that underpins certification
structures, and the potential use of these certificates in
securing inter-domain routing and potentially in the area of
the emerging need to support address transfers in IPv4.

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