Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is a set of specifications from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) that is responsible for identifying network devices and routing traffic across the ...

IPv6 has been under development since 1996, and today, which has been dubbed World IPv6 Day by the tech community, is the first day the new protocol has been tested widely. Several large content ...

You might be using more IPv6 at home than you realize ...

So you heard about something called IPv6 and it sounds like it should be important to you somehow. After all, people are saying that the Internet is full and doomed without this mysterious IPv6 thing.

The IPv6 protocol reached its 10th birthday in June this year. By using more address bits than the earlier IPv4 it opened up the way for more connected devices. But IPv6 has other benefits too. We ...

While the limited number of available IP addresses is a primary concern for IPv6 advocates, they have other arguments for migrating from IPv4. One example is security. IPv6 requires the use of IPSec.

The co-authors of Global IPv6 Strategies were the guests for a live Network World chat where they discussed all things IPv6. Bechtel’s Fred Wettling, ArchRock’s Patrick Grossetete, and Cisco’s Ciprian ...

You’ve probably heard about the looming shortage of Internet addresses, even if you’ve never gone looking for one. But depending on what websites you visit and how you get to them, you may be helping ...

Vendors and government agencies are pushing the use of Internet Protocol Version 6 as the number of addresses available in IPv4 diminishes, and researchers find that network administrators are ...

Some 200 technology companies including Akamai, Facebook, and Google will make the switch to IPv6 during the World IPv6 Day trial for 24 hours June 8. The test is intended to see how ready technology ...

An estimated one million Internet users are expected to have trouble connecting to some of their favorite Websites during World IPv6 Day on Wednesday. More than 400 popular Websites including Facebook ...

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol 1 (DHCP) is a protocol intended to enable machines (servers, game consols, etc) wishing to be “online” the ability to request Internet Protocol information from a ...