IPv6: The Four Horsemen of the IPcalypse

War, famine, pestilence and death.

They fought for the last IPv4 addresses, hoarded and sold them at outrageous prices, traffic and commerce came slowly to a halt… Pestilence invaded the internet…
Complete article at CircleID.

2010-08-12 18:25:05, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6370

PCCW Global enhances IPv4 & IPv6 Dual Stack approach for Internet access Ensuring smooth transition for customers

PCCW Global, a subsidiary of Hong Kong's premier telecommunications provider, PCCW Limited, has enhanced its Dual Stack solution to help customers transition from IPv4 to IPv6 standard following the expansion of its IPv6 capabilities.
Complete info at Irasia.

2010-08-12 18:23:41, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6369

SonicWALL Firmware and NSA Firewall Platforms Certified for IPv6

Compliance with Next-Generation Standards Secures Networking Investments and Meets Requirements for Federal Purchases.
Complete info at MarketWatch, SunHerald and Centre Daily Times.

2010-08-12 18:18:59, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6368

Are new IETF switching, routing specs needed?

Two high-profile specifications winding their way through the IETF promise to boost data center switching and service provider routing, but advances from Cisco and Juniper Networks raise questions about how much the specs are even needed.
Complete info at SFGate and IT Wold Canada.

2010-08-12 18:16:39, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6367

What is IPv6?

IPv6 refers to Internet Protocol version 6, a new set of specifications computers can use to identify themselves and communicate with other computers over the Internet. It is the immediate planned successor to the current specification, IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4). IPv6 is expected to become the common standard for Internet connections in the next several years as a result of the impending shortage of IPv4 addresses.

The Internet Protocol (IP) is a standard which computers use to identify themselves and exchange groups of data, known as packets, over the Internet. When the first version of the Internet, the ARPANet, was first designed, it was intended to be decentralized enough to cope with the destruction of a nuclear war meaning that two computers could communicate with one another through a vast web of interconnections without having to follow a single specific path, or even to follow the same path twice.

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2010-08-12 07:38:40, Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ipv6ActNow/~3/8iHMiirMsqA/

Psst – interested in some lightly-used IP addresses?

The Internet Service Provider (ISP) community is carefully watching the impending depletion of the unassigned IPv4 address pool. Most estimates place the depletion of the central pool of unassigned IPv4 addresses by mid-2011. After that, each Regional Internet Registry (RIR) will continue to satisfy requests for additional IPv4 space for a limited time (depending on the rate of incoming requests and the amount of address space on hand in the RIR at the time of central pool depletion).

To continue growing, ISPs require access to a steady stream of IP addresses to connect new customers. In ARINs service region (Canada, the United States, and parts of the Caribbean), allocation policies have resulted in growing ISPs requesting additional IP addresses every 6 to 12 months. These policies emphasize that addresses are available based on documented need per community-developed criteria; similar policies exist in the four RIRs serving the other regions of the globe.

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2010-08-10 09:40:31, Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ipv6ActNow/~3/WbNJMB5eSzQ/

Psst – Interested in Some Lightly-Used IP Addresses?IPv6 News

The Internet Service Provider (ISP) community is carefully watching the impending depletion of the unassigned IPv4 address pool. Most estimates place the depletion of the central pool of unassigned IPv4 addresses by mid-2011. After that, each Regional ...

2010-08-10 06:14:00, Source: http://www.fix6.net/archives/2010/08/09/psst-%e2%80%93-interested-in-some-lightly-used-ip-addresses/http://www.ipv6news.info

How to succeed with IPv6

Navy center offers benefits of five years' experience.
Complete info at GCN.

2010-08-09 11:00:15, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6366

Defcon speaker calls IPv6 a 'security nightmare'

Growing pains for next-gen address system.
Complete info at The Register.

2010-08-09 10:58:25, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6365

How to succeed with IPv6

The [US] Navy is ahead of the curve as the Defense Department gradually converts over to IP Version 6 from the current protocol, IPv4. While the government, the private sector and much of the world has been slowly transitioning to IPv6 for almost a decade, the Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific has been operating a fully integrated IPv6 environment on a daily basis since 2003.

Lessons learned from the center’s operation will help other government agencies and commercial organizations make an easier transition to IPv6, said Ron Broersma, SPAWAR’s enterprise network security manager and chief information technology division engineer. A major transition to IPv6 will soon begin, as the number of IPv4 Internet addresses is expected to run out sometime in 2012, if not sooner. IPv4 uses the familair four sets of three numbers each to define an IP address, allowing for only about 4.3 billion unique addresses. IPv6 uses a much larger address space, and offers a near-unlimited number.

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2010-08-09 09:03:05, Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ipv6ActNow/~3/WHiBW0r3IiA/