You may have heard that Cisco has released IOS version 15.0. This new IOS version has many new advancements. However, it only has a few new IPv6 features for ...

IT professionals are interested in the additional authentication and security services built into IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet’s main communications protocol. However, few IT ...

IPv6 has been a hot topic in the networking industry for over a year now, and as the changeover progresses, it is still a priority for companies. There are two main issues for IT departments. The ...

The Defense Department has released Version 4.0 of the IPv6 Standard Profiles for IPv6 Capable Products as part of an update to the Defense Information Technology Standards Registry (DISR) Baseline ...

If you are using Internet or almost any computer network you will likely using IPv4 packets. IPv4 uses 32-bit source and destination address fields. We are actually running out of addresses but have ...

ANALYSIS - World IPv6 Day is here, and with it many ISPs, websites and manufacturers are now supporting IPv6, the next generation network protocol of the internet. For many users, though, the ...

A quick web search will throw up numerous articles on the subject (another search will tell you the story behind IPv5). The Internet Society is another good source of information, and is also the ...

The current version of the IP protocol, IPv4, has proved to be robust, easily implemented, interoperable and has stood the test of scaling to the size of today's Internet, most of which uses IPv4—now ...

The IPv6 protocol affects the security of your network even if you haven't deployed it internally. Here are the most important points every security team needs to understand about the protocol. If you ...

In addition to IPv4 (often written as just IP), there is IP version 6 (IPv6). IPv6 was developed as IPng (“IP:The Next Generation” because the developers were supposedly fans of the TV show “Star Trek ...