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/

T-Mobile Launches IPv6 Beta

Though you need a Nokia phone and lots of patience...
Complete info at BroadBand.

2010-08-06 19:29:29, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6364

ERCOM Launches 'AePC 12 Users Pack System' for ePC Emulation

ERCOM, a provider of telecom solutions and services that aims at enhancing the usage and confidence in telecommunication networks, has announced to launch its latest offering, named ‘AePC 12 users pack system’ for ePC emulation.
Complete info at TMCnet.

2010-08-06 19:23:36, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6363

The advantages and disadvantages of IPv6

IPv6, or Internet Protocol version 6, is a new format governing communication between computers over the Internet.
Complete info at Helium.

2010-08-06 19:21:45, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6362

Navy official says IPv6 could contain hidden denial of service bugs

A global transition to the next generation of Internet protocol, IPv6, could lead to more cyber attacks in the short run, says the military network security manager of one of the few organizations to fully convert to the new 128-bit address protocol.
Complete info at FierceGoverment.

2010-08-06 19:19:15, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6361

BreakingPoint Replaces Conventional IPv4/IPv6 Dual Stack Testing With Newly Published Methodology

BreakingPoint IPv6 Resiliency Methodology and Solutions Enable Organizations to Measure the Resiliency of Networks Under the Most Current Dual Stack Traffic.
Complete info at Sys-Con, PR-Inside and EarthTimes.

2010-08-06 19:17:42, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6360

IPv6 warning: the end of the world has already arrived

After years of inaction and inertia it’s now too late for a smooth IPv6 transition, says James Spenceley, as imminent IPv4 addresses exhaustion looms long before a switchover can be effected.
Complete info at Commsday.

2010-08-06 18:15:30, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6359

Download Chainsaw 6.6.3653.31466 Free

Chainsaw is specially designed to administrate a channel or to replace the mIRC.
Complete info at SoftSailor.

2010-08-06 17:57:41, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6358

A history of the system for naming unique website addresses

As Internet uses, we are accustomed to navigating between websites using their unique address names, known as domain names or URLs (although technically URL actually refers to what follows after the domain name). In fact, however, computers communicate with one another exclusively through another unique address system, a series of numbers called an Internet Protocol (IP) address.
Complete info at Helium.

2010-08-06 17:50:06, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6357