Ipv6
106 Stories
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Dell, HP, Lenovo rev up Linux with driver promise
News Dell, HP and Lenovo have promised to push chipset vendors to make open source drivers for Linux.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Hewlett-Packard Co., Novell Inc., ASUS, Lenovo Group Ltd., Linux Distribution, Dell Computer Corp., desktop, chipset
European IT chief backs Net neutrality
News In a speech made to a global forum on Internet governance, the EC's Viviane Reding says the Net neutrality debate is a 'political question to be answered by the people'.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Security, Net Neutrality, Internet economy, British Broadcasting Corp., network, European Commission, online piracy, Internet
Samba 3.2 adds cluster support
News The file and print server software has received a major update, adding clustered file system support, compatibility tweaks and other improvements.
Tags: IPv6, Windows Vista, Open source, Linux, File Server, Apple Mac OS, server software, software, antitrust, Microsoft Windows
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
IP addressing: Next wave
Insight While you probably know that the IETF drafted an IPv6 specification for the next generation of the Internet Protocol, you may not be familiar with its specifics--or why it's important to enterprises.
IPv6: So far, few takers
News The new Internet Protocol standard will make the public Internet more reliable, international and useful - or so the theory goes, since the IP version 6 movement is so far missing the key element of applications.
