Entries Tagged as 'IPv6'
September 3rd, 2010 · Comments Off
“The countdown to the saturation of the IPv4 address supply is now down to a matter of months: and along with the vast address space of the next-generation IPv6 architecture comes more built-in network security as well as some new potential security threats. …its adoption also poses new security issues, everything from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to new vulnerabilities in IPv6 to misconfigurations that expose security holes.”
Read full story: Dark Reading
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Tags: CircleID · IPv6 · internet
September 2nd, 2010 · Comments Off
Sometime next year the Internet as we know it will run out of IP addresses. That’s why we have IPv6, but why are so few people using it?
It sounds like another Y2K type scenario doesn’t it? James Spenceley, the CEO of Vocus, says the analogy is closer to when we ran out of phone numbers. [...]
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Tags: All news · IPv6
September 1st, 2010 · Comments Off
Cisco’s Standards-Based IP Architecture to Power Itron’s Market-Leading Smart Meter System; Solution Will Create a Consolidated Network for Utilities, Make Possible More Reliable Delivery of Energy to Homes and Businesses.
Complete info at MarketWatch, TradingMarkets and Sys-Con.
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Tags: IPv6 · IPv6 Task Force
September 1st, 2010 · Comments Off
We need it soon. The supply of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses is dwindling, spurring interest in the transition to IPv6, with its exponentially larger address space. Since the IPv6 standard was established in 1999, operating systems and network equipment have steadily added support, says John Curran, president and CEO of the American Registry for Internet Numbers. But the transition got started so early that it has since faded into the background.
Complete info at NetworkWorld, ComputerWorld and CIO.
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Tags: IPv6 · IPv6 Task Force
September 1st, 2010 · Comments Off
On a whim, I decided to deploy IPv6. And all I can say is: It’s a lot easier than you think. I’m writing down a few notes here from the non-network-engineer’s point of view. This is supposed to be the first from a series of postings about my IPv6 deployment.
More from binblog…
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Tags: Deployment · IPv6
August 30th, 2010 · Comments Off
After the telecom revolution it is now the turn of e-initiatives to change the life of common Indian. The day is not far when the common man will be able to access and process all his needs and deeds from his desktop, laptop or palmtop.
Complete info at NVOnews.
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Tags: IPv6 · IPv6 Task Force
August 30th, 2010 · Comments Off
Can customers prepare for the coming round of protocol enhancements?
Complete info at Sys-Con and TechCentral.
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Tags: IPv6 · IPv6 Task Force
August 29th, 2010 · Comments Off
4ipnet’s WHG Secure WLAN Controller and HSG Hotspot Gateway products have been certified for IPv6 Ready Logo Phase-2 by the IPv6 Forum.
Complete info at IT News Online, Melodika and PR.com
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Tags: IPv6 · IPv6 Task Force
August 29th, 2010 · Comments Off
Miha Kralj, a director and chief technology officer for Microsoft’s office of services, had one warning for delegates at the close of Microsoft’s Tech.Ed 2010 conference: the cloud will change society and resistance is futile.
Complete info at ZDNet.
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Tags: IPv6 · IPv6 Task Force
August 29th, 2010 · Comments Off
Our current Internet addressing system which relies on what is commonly referred to as IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) was never intended to support the number of people, and hardware (also referred to as The Internet of Things) that it currently does. Neither was it intended for the projected growth of the Internet.
Complete info at the The Inquisitr.
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Tags: IPv6 · IPv6 Task Force