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Visibility of Prefix Lengths in IPv4 and IPv6

Internet routes are specified for an address prefix. The shorter the prefix, the more general the route. A shorter prefix covers more address space and thus a bigger part of the Internet. Very long prefixes cover few addresses and are used for local routing close to the destination address. In general, it is not necessary to distribute very long prefixes to the whole Internet, because a more general, shorter prefix is sufficient to direct packets in the direction of the destination.
Complete info at CircleID.

2011-10-16 23:52:11, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=8090

Internet can boost fight against poverty in Angola

Angola has the legal bases created to turn Internet services into an instrument to combat poverty and provide economic and social development.
Complete info at Angop and AllAfrica.

2011-10-16 23:48:35, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=8089

Android VPN client launches via fingerprint authentication

AuthenTec introduced a security solution that combines VPN client security with fingerprint recognition for Android smartphones and tablets.
Complete info at HNS, onestopclick and azosensors.

2011-10-16 23:45:03, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=8088

Infoblox Addresses Rapidly Growing Network Load Caused by Smartphones and Tablets with New Level of Scalability

Proliferation of IP-enabled Devices Requires Next-Generation Approach to Essential DNS and DHCP Systems.
Complete info at MarketWatch, Virtual-Strategy and Brandenton.

2011-10-16 23:37:06, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=8087

Stonesoft discloses 163 new samples of Advanced Evasion Techniques

The network security company Stonesoft, today announced it has delivered 163 new advanced evasion technique (AET) samples for global vulnerability coordination. The new samples include AETs over a number of various protocols, including IPv4, IPv6, TCP and HTTP.
Complete info at Reuters, MarketWatch and 4-traders.

2011-10-16 23:33:58, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=8086

IPv6 to the Rescue!

Its hard to talk standards without covering a standard that touches every piece of IP-based traffic on the planet: Internet Protocol, or IP.

IP addressing is a little like phone numbering, in that its subject to number exhaustion. Residents of densely populated cities like New York City are familiar with phone number exhaustion. As more and more people sign up for phone service, area codes run out of numbers, and new area codes are added.

Instead of 10 or 11 digits routing voice traffic to phones at the end of the line however, IP addresses route data packets to networked devices using a different numbering schema. And while there is a logical limit to how many people can inhabit a specific plot of land (in biology, its called the carrying capacity), there is no limit to the number of networked devices that can exist.

Cloudmark tackles IPv6

Cloudmark is among the first messaging vendors to tackle the vexing issues related to integrating large-scale e-mail services with the next-generation Internet Protocol called IPv6.

Cloudmark offers several IPv6-related features in its e-mail security suite for carriers, government agencies and large multinationals. The suite includes: Cloudmark Gateway, a mail transfer agent; Cloudmark Authority, a message filtering system; and Cloudmark Sender Intelligence, an anti-spam system that uses real-time data from the Cloudmark Global Threat Network to create profiles of good, bad and suspect senders.

The Cloudmark Gateway allows network operators in native IPv6 or dual-stack IPv4 and IPv6 environments to transit messages through the messaging server and out to the Internet, which overwhelmingly runs IPv4, the original version of the Internet Protocol.

Nixu Software release Nixu DHCP Server 2.4 series with IPv6 enhancements

Nixu Software is pleased to announce the release of Nixu DHCP Server 2.4 series. The latest addition to Nixu DDI product family introduces new key features such as support for asymmetric DHCP failover, further performance boost, new look and feel and certain IPv6 enhancements. The asymetric DHCP failover model has been specifically designed for customers moving way from Lucent Vital QIP platform, allowing simple migration to Nixu DDI without dramatic changes to existing network architecture.

Nixu DHCP Server 2.4 Series was developed to facilitate simple migration from Lucent QIP platforms to Nixu DDI said Juha Holkkola, the Managing Director of Nixu Software. By supporting asymmetric DHCP failover mechanism, customers can easily replace Lucent QIP without having to change their network architecture. Given the high operating expense associated with Lucent QIP, the payback time of a Nixu DDI investment can be measured in months.

Where Are We With IPv6?

In June of this year, on World IPv6 Day, organisations around the world offered their content over IPv6 for a 24-hour period. The aim was to motivate organisations across the industry Internet service providers, hardware makers, operating system vendors and web companies to prepare their services for IPv6. It was also a chance to identify and rectify any problem areas. The day went, broadly speaking, without a hitch and many participants left IPv6 switched on, confirming what we all expected; IPv6 works and adopting IPv6 is not something to be feared.

As many people will know, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) allocated the last remaining blocks of IPv4 addresses equally between the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs), the RIPE NCC, APNIC, AfriNIC, LACNIC and ARIN, back in February.

In April, APNIC, the RIR for the Asia Pacific region announced that it had depleted its store of IPv4 addresses, making it the first RIR to do so. This was expected due to the fast rate of technological expansion in the region. Out of necessity, the region has also led the way in IPv6 adoption.

Prepare for massive and explosive cellular growth

It’s generally assumed that the growth in mobile connections during the next few years will be great but there are a couple of things that should be noted. One is that this simply isn’t going to happen without a successful rollout of IPv6. Also, even if people average more than one device, the fact that there are only about 6.9 billion people in the world today suggests that the majority of the 24 billion connections will be of the machine-to-machine (M2M) variety.

IPv6 will be needed, of course, simply because there aren’t nearly enough addresses using the old system.