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Web community must realize IPv6 urgency
News IPv4 is "near exhaustion", says official from regional Internet registry APNIC, urging Internet community to recognize need to move to IPv6 within two years.
Tags: IPv6, Domain names, Web sites, Internet Service, DNS, Internet Service Provider, Internet, U.S., industry, service provider
Putting 'hijack' of IP addresses in the clear
Insight newsmaker APNIC's Resource Certification program won't deter hijacking of IP addresses but will at least make the event detectable, says center's chief scientist.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, IPv6, Certification, Security, Resource Certificate, Use, Attestation, IP, IP Address
Urgency for IPv6 not felt yet
News Businesses have not channeled spending toward migration to IPv6 networks, but experts say this issue will be more pressing in the near future.
Tags: IPv6, Network administration/implementation, IP, Asia-Pacific, network, Network Address Translation, Internet, industry, business case, IP address
Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 provide DirectAccess to resources
Techguide Learn how Microsoft's DirectAccess feature allows an employee to access Windows Server 2008 R2 resources from anywhere.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Microsoft Windows 7, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, VPN, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Internet, IPv6
EU begins IPv6 rollout
News First European Union agency has begun offering services over version 6 of the Internet Protocol to drive adoption.
Tags: IPv6, DNS, IPv4, public sector, European Commission, information security, internal network, security tool, IPv6, European Union
IPv6: Oops, it's on by default
Techguide Do you know whether your computers are actively using IPv6 or not? Better check, as the bad guys probably already know.
Tags: IPv6, Security Management, Data security, Apple Inc., Asia, Apple Mac OS X, Michael Kassner, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, computer
Google tries to break IPv6 logjam by own example
News It argues there now are financial reasons to adopt the next-generation Internet standard. And Google itself could profit from the more democratized network.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Google Inc., Server, network, Internet, IPv6, IPv4, VoIP/IP telephony
ICANN attacks 'fat and happy' IPv4 users
News Businesses need to begin thinking now beyond having IPv4 address space, says Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and and Numbers (ICANN)'s president, or risk losing online customers.
Tags: IPv6, Business Strategies & Functions, Web services, ICANN, IP, Attack, Internet Service, software, Y2K, network
IBM scientist predicts software's future
News Bigger, more ubiquitous and transparent, but software developers will increasingly have to worry about security and privacy issues, says Grady Booch.
Tags: Component-based development, Software engineering/development, IBM Corp., Computing, Security, Programmer, software, technology company, software development, Internet usage
What Windows 7 means to Windows server administrators
Techguide Scott Lowe shares 10 items that Windows server administrators need to know in order to adequately support Windows 7 clients.
Tags: Servers, BranchCache, DirectAccess, VPN Reconnect, BranchCache BranchCache, AppLocker Like DirectAccess, Windows XP Mode, Windows Deployment Services, Client, Scott Lowe
Install OpenVZ to create virtual containers
Techguide OpenVZ is an OS-level virtualization product that allows you to fully isolate processes from each other, increase security by keeping bits separate and tightly control resource utilization. Find out how to install it on CentOS.
Tags: Linux, Virtualization, Virtual Machine, CentOS, Kernel, BSD, Canada, 32-bit, Virtualization, Linux
Google networking error caused outage
News An effort to update networking addresses in its IPv6 shift didn't work out as planned Thursday, causing widespread service outages for about an hour.
Tags: Search, Web services, Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Outage, accident, McAfee Inc., network, Internet Service Provider, Internet
Concerns grow over IPv6 migration in Europe
News As U.S. companies are urged to begin migration to the next generation of IP, European firms are being held back.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names
ICANN turns on IPv6 addresses
News The addition of IPv6 data to some of the Internet root servers marks the start of a mass migration that should guarantee the supply of unique IP addresses.
Tags: IPv6, Web sites, Domain names
NTT Com extends IPv6 reach in Asia
News A Japan-based communications company will launch its IPv6 (Internet protocol version 6) service in more parts of the Asia Pacific, a move which comes after a similar services were started in Japan, Malaysia and Europe.
