Doug's Mailbag: Internet Doom and Gloom?, Win Phone 7 Annoyance

Here is some reader mail on the ultimate demise of IPv4 Internet addresses.
Complete info at RCP Mag.

2010-08-12 18:29:06, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6372

IPv6: The end of the Internet as we know it (and I feel fine)

In 2012, it won’t be the the end of the Mayan Long Count that preoccupies the technology industry — it will be running out of TCP/IP version 4 addresses.
Complete info at ZDNet.

2010-08-12 18:27:26, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6371

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.

More from Helium&

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.

More from CircleID&

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