The Internet Protocol required upgrading…solution…IPv6
Last week IANA processed a request to add AAAA records for one of the thirteen DNS root-servers.
L.root-servers.net, operated by ICANN, became the seventh of the root servers to have it’s IPv6 address records (AAAA) added into the DNS root-zone. The addition of IPv6 service is part of ICANN’s ongoing commitment to act as a leader in enabling IPv6 services throughout the DNS.
[via ICANN Blog]
2008 was sort of a milestone year for IPv6. Foremost there was the much-touted US OMB Mandate which everyone got excited about back about 2005: By June of this year all federal agencies’ “infrastructure (network backbones) must be using IPv6 and agency networks must interface with this infrastructure.” In the years between that mandate and the deadline, however, the language and requirements slipped significantly.
[via NetworkWorld - Cisco Subnet - Jeff Doyle]
Hurricane Electric, an international IPv4 and IPv6 Internet backbone, has become the first network in the world to connect over 300 IPv6 networks. IPv4 addresses will run out by 2011. Hurricane Electric has been working diligently to move IPv6 into the forefront so this fact won’t become a crisis. As part of this forward thinking push, Hurricane Electric has been running dual-stack IPv6 and IPv4 at all its locations worldwide.
[via MarketWatch]
Today, Verizon Business (VZ) took its turn at the crystal ball, identifying the 10 business technology trends that will “help corporate and government … IT leaders do more with less.” Ah, just what everyone wants to hear.
The 10 trends? Taking tips from Web 2.0 trends such as social networking to improve business models; getting employees to telecommute; increasing productivity through managed services; using video collaboration tools; integrating unified communications into business processes; implementing IPv6 capabilities for mobility and scalability; adopting software-as-a-service platforms; extending security to every endpoint, including home offices; going green; and seeking out professional services that help companies comply with government compliance requirements.
[via b/oss]
Orange Business Services has the world’s largest Telepresence-enabled network, supporting customers with an innovative solution that reduces travel cost, increases productivity and contributes to reducing CO2 emissions.
To provide customers industry-leading solutions and enable future innovation, Orange Business Services is upgrading its network to support Telepresence, Multicast capabilities, IPV6, and expansion of carrier Ethernet services with VPLS capabilities. New generation routers support converged services, application acceleration and security services as well as development of Ethernet and Fiber access.
[via CentreDaily.com]
Installing support for IPv6 in Windows Server 2008 is easy. Open the Network Connections folder from the Control Panel, right-click the interface on which you want to install IPv6, and choose Properties. On the General tab, click Install. Select Protocol and click Add. In the Select Network Protocol dialog box, select Microsoft TCP/IP version 6 and click OK. Then, click Close to close the interface’s property sheet. To configure IPv6, click the Properties button. The dialog box as shown in Figure 1 appears.
[via iTechTalk]
Nokia has unveiled a cellphone-controlled “smart home” platform that will use Z-Wave and ZigBee enabled devices and a specially adapted WiFi draft-n gateway. Nokia Home Control Center is being described as an “open platform” combining sensors, CCTV, wireless networks and mobile devices, usable both inside the home as well as remotely via any device with a web browser. The first products will concentrate on home heating management.
[via SlashGear]
The NRO consists of five Regional Internet Registries (RIR), each representing a different part of the world: Africa, Asia, the North Atlantic region, Latin America and parts of the Caribbean, and Europe and the Middle East. The registries are in charge of critical internet resource allocation and the management of IP address data.According to the NRO, it is developing economies such as India that have spurred the deployment of IPv6 addresses.
[via Vnunet.com]
Derek Morr has written a great article on IPv6 dealing with security issues.
[via Living with IPv6]
The IPv6 Workgroup of the Linux Foundation has announced that all major Linux distributions are now in compliance with Department of Defense certification policies, several months after the DoD began enforcing the requirements in its procurement practices. The compliance effort was driven by a collaboration involving IBM, Red Hat, Novell, Nokia, and several other major Linux stakeholders.
[via Ars Technica]