Weekend Project: Transition to IPv6

Our friends over at linux.com have published their thrd article in the Weekend Project series. This Weekend Project is all about IPv6 and how to get started with it. With information and tips about setting up IPv6 connectivity at your lan.  So check it out! http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/308738-weekend-project-transition-to-ipv6

2010-05-15 20:24:40, Source: http://www.fix6.net/archives/2010/05/15/weekend-project-transition-to-ipv6/

IPv6: D-Day coming for ISPs

John Curran has a message for ISPs: Dont expect to be bailed out if you havent already started the upgrade to IPv6.

Curran, CEO at the American Registry for Internet Numbers, told an audience at this weeks FutureNet conference that the next 18 months will represent a Judgment Day for ISPs that still think they can get by through improving the efficiency of their IPv4 address use. The bottom line, Curran said, is that there simply wont be anymore IPv4 addresses in a year and a half.

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2010-05-14 09:54:24, Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ipv6ActNow/~3/CUm0UOpD5nA/

IPv6: D-Day coming for ISPs

John Curran has a message for ISPs: Don't expect to be bailed out if you haven't already started the upgrade to IPv6.
Complete info at NetworkWorld, ComputerWorld and SFGate.

2010-05-14 06:52:35, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6073

Internet running out of addresses -Web group chief-INTERVIEW

The world will soon run out of Internet addresses as the number of devices connected to the Web explodes unless organisations move to a new Internet Protocol version, the head of the body that allocates IP addresses said.
Complete info at Forexyard, KhaleejTimes and Reuters.

2010-05-14 06:48:52, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6072

Flexible, High Bandwidth Gigabit Ethernet Switch from GE Supports Failsafe Operation

A managed Layer 2/3+ switch supporting IPv6 switching and routing, NETernity™ CP921RC-30x delivers increased network uptime.
Complete info at NewswireToday!, ArticleAnt and ARC.

2010-05-14 06:46:06, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6071

Pidgin 2.7.0 addresses emoticon vulnerability

The Pidgin developers have announced the release of version 2.7.0 of their open source instant messenger application.
Complete info at H Online and TechwHack.

2010-05-14 06:11:57, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6070

Suricata Pushing Intrusion Detection Evolution

Advances in intrusion detection systems (IDS) and intrusion prevention systems (IPS) have stayed fairly stagnant, with the exception of the signatures that must change daily to meet current threats.
Complete info at DarkReading.

2010-05-14 00:11:39, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6069

Neighbourhood Cable plans upgrade to DOCSIS 3.0

TransACT subsidiary, Neighbourhood Cable Pty is to upgrade its HFC networks in Ballarat, Geelong and Mildura to DOCSIS 3.0 specifications over the next nine months.
Complete info at iTWire.

2010-05-14 00:09:00, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6068

IPv6 Uptake Slow Despite Internet Address Shortage

We've heard it before but apparently, this time IP version 4 really is going to run out, and we all need IPv6.
Complete info at eWeek.

2010-05-14 00:04:56, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6067

Ownit Broadband Scales Up For Multimedia Growth With Brocade Network

Brocade today announced that leading Internet service provider, Ownit Broadband, is deploying a Brocade network designed to dramatically enhance the performance of its broadband offerings, broadening customer experience of multimedia applications such as mobile video and TV Internet gaming.
Complete info at EarthTimes, TradersHuddle and MarketWatch.

2010-05-13 23:57:12, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=6066