Internet service providers (ISPs) are running out of public IPv4 addresses and want to move away from IPv4 in their internal network. Mapping of Address and Port with Encapsulation (MAP-E), an IPv6 ...

The dynamic address (one-to-many mapping) is to protect a user from unwanted behavior analysis attempting to exploit IPv6 addresses, thus protecting user privacy.

A joke in networking circles is that the switch from IPv4 to IPv6 is always a few years away. Although IPv6 was introduced in the early 90s as a result of the feared imminent IPv4 address drought c… ...

Of course, giving every gadget a unique address means it would be easier to track the user of the gadget online. IPv6 includes tech to hide the addresses from snoops, however.

With dual stack networks becoming a necessity for IPv6 deployments, Proteus IPAM v3.5 provides complete parallel management of both IPv6 and IPv4 networks by enabling simultaneous management of dual ...

Therefore an additional element is added to the address mapping: The source address of the encapsulating IPv6 packet (the address of the customer end of the IPv6 link) is added to the inside IPv4 ...

BT begins trial of IPv6 as IPv4 address exhaustion looms We're almost out of IPv4 addresses, but ISPs need to get a move on with IPv6.

IPv6 has been one of the hottest topics of 2011. The heat around this subject was kindled with ICANN ‘s announcement that they’d depleted their IPv4 addresses by issuing their last two /8’s ...

Just before year's end, ICANN/IANA sent out a short message saying that "on 4 February 2008, IANA will add AAAA records for the IPv6 addresses of the four root servers whose operators have ...

Since every connected device on the Internet needs an IP address, there will be increasing pressure to move to IPv6 as more non-computer devices come online in the so-called Internet of things.

Leading internet firms have set 6 June as the World IPv6 launch day. IPv6 is the new net address system that replaces the current protocol IPv4, which is about to run out of spaces to allocate ...