Transitioning to IPv6: How carriers are testing IP services to meet deadlines

Though IPv6 is in its infancy, making the transition out of IPv4 is essential but challenging.

When TMC last spoke with IPv6 expert Kowsik Guruswamy, co-founder and CTO of Mu Dynamics, a provider of technology for testing IP services, he said there are three pain points carriers will need to address for a clean transition: Functionality Migration; Regression/Interoperability and Security/Resilience.

What are some of the ways carriers and partners are working to meet these challenges? Unfortunately carriers don’t appear to be working to meet these challenges as much as they should, Guruswamy told TMCnet.

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2010-08-05 10:38:16, Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ipv6ActNow/~3/FWYlEjXTnqI/

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. The massive database which links easily remembered URL names to the meaningful index of IP addresses is called the Domain Name System (DNS), and has been the basis for a usable Internet since it was devised in the early 1980s.

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2010-08-05 10:32:46, Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ipv6ActNow/~3/06FGVoazwss/

New delegations from APNICThe IPv4 Depletion site

APNIC continues to delegate large IPv4 networks to China and the rest of the region. The network 223.240.0.0/13 or about half a million addresses was delegated to China Telecom Anhui Province. China Telecom is the largest ISP in the world serving about 55 million customers. The networks 14.32.0.0/11 and 14.64.0.0/11 totalling around 4 million IPv4 [...]

2010-08-05 06:19:33, Source: http://www.fix6.net/archives/2010/08/04/new-delegations-from-apnic/http://www.ipv4depletion.com

A Look at IPv6 Allocations Since 1999IPv6 News

This graph illustrates the three phases that have defined the RIPE community’s journey to IPv6 deployment since 1999. (Click to Enlarge)In the previous graph and article published here two weeks ago, we showed that many ISPs in the RIPE NCC service r...

2010-08-05 06:18:11, Source: http://www.fix6.net/archives/2010/08/05/a-look-at-ipv6-allocations-since-1999/http://www.ipv6news.info

Announcing Major Enhancements in Version 4 of REDCOM’s Converged IP Communications Solution, SLICE® 2100

Building on more than 30 years of experience, innovation and customer service, REDCOM announced major enhancements to the REDCOM SLICE® product line.
Complete info at PRWeb.

2010-08-02 17:44:52, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6340

Consona Announces the General Availability of Service Gateway 4.1

First Release Under Consona Raises the Bar in Remote Device Management Market.
Complete info at Benzinga, PRWeb and TMCnet.

2010-08-02 17:43:23, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6339

Get Ready For IPv6

The Next Version Means Transition Planning, Some Upgrades & Tweaks.
Complete info at Processor.

2010-08-02 16:10:48, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6338

We’re Running Out of… Internet?

The Internet is running out of unique IP addresses but the average consumer need not worry.
Complete info at Sync.

2010-08-02 16:08:54, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6337

AstriCon Speakers Line Up to Discuss Future of Asterisk, IPv6, SIP Security and More

Seventh annual conference and exhibition dedicated to the most widely used open source telephony platform is slated for October 26-28, 2010, near Washington, D.C.
Complete info at EON, Benzinga and SunHerald.

2010-08-02 15:39:27, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6336

iRam Technologies announces seed financing

iRam Technologies, an innovative start-up developing solutions for what has been billed as the 'Internet of Things', today announced the closing of an undisclosed amount towards its seed capital from strategic investors, including Livewire Advertising Pvt. Ltd. and iNetSolv.
Complete info at Sify.

2010-08-02 15:34:25, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6335