IPv6 News

When the ARPANET was designed in the late 1960s, it was outfitted with a Network Control Protocol (NCP) that made it possible for the very different types of hosts connected to the network to talk with each other. However, it soon became clear that NCP was limiting in some ways, so work started on something better.

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If this doesn’t sit well with you, we’re advising users who don’t absolutely need IPv6 (that’s most of you!) to disable the IPv6 gateway functionality by selecting one of the other IPv6 modes.

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I don’t use or could potentially see the use for what half of the Windows operating system comes with. Why should I pay for HyperTerminal or IPv6 when I don’t use it? A modularized operating system may be the answer. As this patent describes ..

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“We’re switching to IPv6, dontcha know, and it might be worth it.”

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“This visualization represents a macroscopic snapshot of the IPv6 Internet topology collected around March 4th, 2005. Topology data gathered from 17 monitors probing approximately 860 globally routable IPv6 network prefixes include 2,913 IPv6 addresses and 7,905 IPv6 links (immediately adjacent addresses in a traceroute-like path).”

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While luddite American bureaucrats argue over how to best protect US telecom monopolies, spy on users, and create innovative new tax schemes, China is already transitioning to a next-generation internet based around IPv6. The US has to catch up quickly, or lose the internet dominance it still currently enjoys.

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“An independent security researcher showed off an early version of a tool for creating covert channels that, he claims, can pass undetected through most firewalls and intrusion detection systems.”

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Google has 79 billion billion billion IPv6 addresses, is buying up massive amounts of dark fiber, and building a massive data center. Just what is Google up to?

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Basically you disable ipV6 which apparently conflicts with ipV4, I’m no expert on the whys or hows but like I said, it worked for me.

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According to Lightman, Google has a huge block of “slash 20″ addresses — exactly what is needed to be a large scale service provider.

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