News & Events
Here you can find the latest IPv6 news from all over the globe.
Events
topThailand IPv6 Summit 2008
17 December 2008 in the Sofitel Centara Grand Bangkok
Irish IPv6 Summit
The 2009 Irish IPv6 summit will be held in Dublin Castle on Wednesday 28th January 2009.
Australian IPv6 Summit, 17-19 November
The 2008 Australian IPv6 summit will be held in Canberra. This Summit will look at recent IPv6 transitions - and how users, government, vendors and service providers can work together on planning, security and implementation strategies.
Global IPv6 Summit in Taiwan, September 1-2 2008
The Global IPv6 Summit in Taiwan is an annual event marking the milestones in the development and deployment of IPv6 in Taiwan. This Summit is organized by IPv6 Forum and TWNIC and will be held at the NTUH International Convention Center
APNIC 26 Christchurch, New Zealand
APNIC 26 is a five-day event that brings together Internet and networking experts, government representatives, industry leaders, and other interested parties from around the Asia Pacific region to network with colleagues, attend workshops and tutorials, and discuss policies.
General Stories
topGetting more from your IPv6 - 11/17/2008
Agencies eventually will use IPv6 addresses for their network nodes, especially now that they have met the Office of Management and Budget’s deadline for enabling network backbones for IPv6. And with all those bits to work with — 128 bits to be precise — an IPv6 address can be used for more than just letting routers know where to send packets... GNC
Google: Russia and France are ahead in IPv6 - 11/14/2008
A study carried out by Google employees and presented at the RIPE meeting in Dubai examined how widespread use of version 6 of the internet protocol, IPv6, is among end users. The study drew some surprising conclusions... Heise Online
Google: more Macs mean higher IPv6 usage in US - 11/13/2008
At the RIPE meeting in Dubai two weeks ago, Google presented results from a study about how IPv6-capable "ordinary users" are. And the results are surprising. While an earlier study by Arbor Networks showed only 0.0026 percent of all traffic was IPv6 enabled, Google determined that world wide, 0.238 percent of their users' systems have IPv6 enabled and prefer to use IPv6 over IPv4 where possible... ars technica
Google routes around the current black spots in the IPv6 internet - 11/4/2008
Search engine giant Google is taking the next steps towards IPv6. Admittedly, as Google developer and IPv6 expert Lorenzo Colitti said at the RIPE meeting in Dubai, having an IPv6 entry for the central www.google.com web page is still regarded as too ambitious... Heise Networks
There is a new Internet protocol on the horizon - 11/3/2008
In addition to anything else we may be running out of, address space on the Internet — or at least the Internet Protocol we are mostly using now — is getting used up. As of June, 85 percent of the 4 billion individual addresses were being used... AzBiz
Technology
topGetting more from your IPv6 - 11/17/2008
Agencies eventually will use IPv6 addresses for their network nodes, especially now that they have met the Office of Management and Budget’s deadline for enabling network backbones for IPv6. And with all those bits to work with — 128 bits to be precise — an IPv6 address can be used for more than just letting routers know where to send packets... GNC
10+ answers to your questions about IPv6 - 11/7/2008
Michael Kassner recently asked TechRepublic members to share their questions about IPv6, promising to submit them to the experts at ARIN and Command Information. Both groups graciously responded, providing the following in-depth answers... TechRepublic
Etisalat to host First IP networking event for Middle East in Dubai - 10/18/2008
the RIPE NCC (Network Coordination Centre) - an independent organisation that supports the infrastructure of the Internet for Europe, the Middle East and parts of Central Asia - will gather key industry figures from the Middle East to discuss Internet growth and innovation at RIPE 57.
IETF working on making IPv6 and IPv4 talk to each other - 10/6/2008
The problem that the IETF is facing is that, despite the family resemblance, there is a very fundamental difference between IPv4 and IPv6: IPv4 uses 32-bit addresses, while IPv6 uses 128-bit addresses. So how do you make a system that only has an IPv4 address talk to a system with only an IPv6 address? Simple enough: you translate the packet. The IETF standardized a way to do this years ago under the name SIIT (Stateless IP and ICMP Translation). However, SIIT has a big problem: the translation is one-to-one... Arstechnica
IPv6: What is Internet Protocol? - 9/29/2008
Internet Protocol (IP) is one of many communications protocols that comprise the Internet Protocol Suite (IPS) and arguably the most important protocol. Experts usually describe IPS as a stack of protocols that convert application information (like e-mail or Web traffic) into digital packets capable of traversing networks, including the Internet... TechRepublic
Deployment
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How to Choose the Right Strategy for Your IPv6 Migration - 11/6/2008
Our ubiquitous network society, in which anyone can connect to the Internet at any time and from any location, is progressing at an ever-increasing rate. It requires that IPv6 (or next generation Internet Protocol), with its almost inexhaustible address space, be adopted sooner rather than later... eWeek
Which Region is Taking the Lead in IPv6 Deployment? - 9/30/2008
IPv6 is in the news because the mainstream media have started to pick up the fact that IPv4 will be fully allocated in the next two or three years. And IPv6 deployment is important if we want to keep the Internet growing sustainably. So where is IPv6 deployment most evident?... CirleID
US postal service chooses IPv6 for their new security system - 9/10/2008
Diebold to deploy IPv6-compliant network video program for Postal Service. The United States Postal Service (USPS) is capitalizing on the national presence, IT and security expertise of Diebold, Incorporated (NYSE: DBD) to implement a multi-site, technologically-advanced, video security program... IPSecurityWatch
Comprehensive Study Shows IPv6 Shift Isn't Happening - 8/18/2008
Arbor Networks measured IPv6 traffic across nearly 2,400 backbone and peering routers, across 87 ISPs scattered worldwide, at five-minute intervals for June 2007 through June 2008. The resulting data was used to produce what the company considers to be the most comprehensive study of IPv6 data to date. And the news is quite grim... Pcmag.com
Feds: We are ready for IPv6 D-Day - 6/26/2008
Agencies expect to meet June 30 deadline; future of IPv6 awaits new president. On June 30, U.S. federal government officials expect to declare an early victory on the IPv6 front. But they admit that meeting their much-heralded June 30 deadline for IPv6 compatibility is just the opening salvo of a long-term battle to get their networks ready for the Internet of the future... NetworkWorld
Product News
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Hurricane Electric Introduces Free IPv6 Certifications - 11/20/2008
By providing an interactive testing environment, Hurricane Electric offers various levels of certification, from Newbie to Sage.
EXFO Adds IPv6 Support to its Ethernet Test Portfolio - 11/19/2008
Company expands Ethernet test offering with new software option for IPv6.
Entuity Introduces Eye of the Storm (Eye) 2009 - 11/18/2008
Business Value of IT Infrastructure Front and Center With Leading Web-Oriented Network Management Solution.
Unicoi Systems’ Fusion Embedded Networking Software Attains IPv6 Phase-2 Certification - 11/13/2008
Unicoi Systems today announces the highest possible IPv6 certification status for the Fusion Embedded Networking Suite of products. After meeting hundreds of test criteria in accordance with the IPv6 Forum, the Fusion Embedded Dual Mode TCP/IPv4/IPv6 Stack now has IPv6 Phase-2 certification... dBusinessNews
Hurricane Electric Expands Global Network Into Atlanta - 11/12/2008
Hurricane Electric, a leading Internet transit provider, has extended its network to Atlanta, connecting into the Telx Atlanta exchange point... Market Watch
Around the World
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Internet Protocol Version 6 can support a large user base - 11/20/2008
The Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) address system has the means to support a large user base and at the same time encourage more in the community to utilise the internet.
Vietnam to soon employ IPv6: Deputy Minister - 11/18/2008
As the address space of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) is becoming full, IT experts have advised national Internet control agencies to gradually use IPv6. Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Le Nam Thang said recently that Vietnam was ready to use IPv6... VietNamNet Bridge
Experts urge govt to adopt IPv6 - 11/18/2008
NAIROBI, Experts in Information Technology sector are now urging the government to ensure that packet-switching equipment is compatible with Internet Protocol version six (IPv6)... Capital Business
African governments must buy IP addresses before depletion - 11/11/2008
As they grapple to build national data backbones with the imminent arrival of fiber-optics, are African governments forgetting something? According to an IT expert in Uganda, who requested anonymity, African governments are indeed forgetting a critical resource: IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) addresses... NetworkWorld
IPv6 is the lifeline for internet growth, say tech experts - 10/30/2008
Failure to adopt new generation internet protocol could have a bearing on business innovation. Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) holds the key as IP addresses become critical Internet infrastructure lifeblood for the region, said experts at Ripe 57, the first IP networking event for the Middle East that got underway in Dubai on October 26... TradingMarkets
