A possible fix arrived in December 1995 in the form of RFC 1883, the first definition of IPv6, the planned successor to IPv4.

It's been a quarter of a century since the first IPv6 standard was finalized as RFC 2460, and to say adoption has been slow is an understatement. The pool of available IPv4 addresses has been ...

Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows that I not only advocate the implementation of IPv6, but that I attach a certain urgency to the need for implementation. It therefore surprises some of my ...

You’ve probably heard about the looming shortage of Internet addresses, even if you’ve never gone looking for one. But depending on what websites you visit and how you get to them, you may be helping ...

Vendors and government agencies are pushing the use of Internet Protocol Version 6 as the number of addresses available in IPv4 diminishes, and researchers find that network administrators are ...

The IETF has identified many security threats related to IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet’s main communications protocol. See what’s driving a Florida university to IPv6. Security ...

<shameless FreeBSD support><P>Let's not forget what the first operating system to implement IPv6 was.<P></shameless FreeBSD support><P>The whole purpose for IPv6 is we're going to run out of IPv4 ...

IPv6Rental introduces a guide on IPv6 for Dutch businesses and individuals. Netherlands The, 20th Aug 2024, - IPv6 Rental has introduced a comprehensive guide designed to illuminate the complexities ...

I think this deserves it's own thread - it doesn't seem like anyone, including Ars, is reporting on IPv6 anymore, but per Google's per-country IPv6 traffic analysis page, I went and checked today and ...

The "Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) - Global Strategic Business Report" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's ...

The Internet promises unlimited connectivity, but such connectivity requires that computers and devices find one another through a common address plan. The current plan, in place since the late 1970s, ...