In my past two columns I’ve talked about why implementing IPv6 on your network is a good idea, and delved deep into the IPv6 header. I’ll now conclude this series with a detailed look at IPv6 ...
RETN’s Tony O’Sullivan explains the benefits for companies of switching to IPv6 sooner rather than later. By the end of 2024, it’s projected there will be 207bn connected devices globally. Despite ...
In simple terms, it allows for faster, more reliable, and more secure connections by expanding the number of available IP ...
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IPv6 address autoconfiguration, particularly through Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC) and Duplicate Address Detection (DAD), is a critical component ensuring seamless network connectivity.
In the early 1990s, internet engineers sounded the alarm: the pool of numeric addresses that identify every device online was not infinite. IPv4, the fourth version of the Internet Protocol, used ...
One of the vexing things about IP Security (IPSec) VPNs is network address translation (NAT); that is, converting private IP addresses to public ones when traffic crosses a firewall so Internet ...
The task force, which convened the Africa IPv6-Cybersecurity Secure Tech Summit 2025 virtually, brought together a ...
That was the conclusion of our fateful board meeting back in 2008 when I was CEO of Hexago, a pioneering IPv6 network equipment vendor. I had raised a big round of financing a year earlier by riding ...