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  IPv6: Dual-stack strategy starts at the perimeter

  We are in an awkward point in the history of the Internet. IPv4 address depletion has occurred yet we expect to use IPv4 for the next 15 to 20 years. Organizations see two paths before them. One alternative is to use continue to use IPv4 and expect to use multiple layers of network address translation (NAT) for many years to come. The other alternative is to start to use IPv6, however, the majority of enterprise organizations and content providers have not embraced the protocol.

  By Scott Hogg | 14 February, 2012 03:47

  Tags: dual-stack, freemium, ipv4, IPv6, LAN & WAN, networking

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  Internode turns on IPv6 for new customers

  Internode has become the first Australian broadband provider to make IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) available by default for new customers.

  By Hamish Barwick | 18 January, 2012 12:12

  Tags: internode, ipv4, IPv6, Simon Hackett, Telstra

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  Telstra rolls out IPv6 for business, government

  Telstra begun its roll out of Internet Protocol Version six (IPv6) for enterprise, government and wholesale customers. BigPond customers won't be offered IPv6 at this stage.

  By Hamish Barwick | 05 September, 2011 14:08

  Tags: ipv4, IPv6, Telstra

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  Google, Facebook promise new IPv6 services after trial

  One day after completing a successful 24-hour trial of IPv6, Facebook, Google and Yahoo said at a joint press conference that they would begin permanently supporting this upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol on some of their key websites.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 10 June, 2011 07:07

  Tags: Facebook, Google, internet, ipv4, IPv6, LAN & WAN, Yahoo

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  World IPv6 Day: Tech industry's most-watched event since Y2K

  The nation's largest telecom carriers, content providers, hardware suppliers and software vendors will be on the edge of their seats tonight for the start of World IPv6 Day, which is the most-anticipated 24 hours the tech industry has seen since fears of the Y2K bug dominated New Year's Eve in 1999.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 09 June, 2011 00:06

  Tags: infoblox, ipv4, IPv6, LAN & WAN, networking

• Can't reach your favorite site? IPv6 may be to blame

  A small number of Internet users will experience delays or time-outs as they attempt to visit Facebook, Google, Yahoo and other popular websites tonight and tomorrow, due to a 24-hour trial of a new Internet standard called IPv6.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 08 June, 2011 05:03

  Tags: Apple, Facebook, Google, ipv4, IPv6, LAN & WAN, Microsoft, networking, Yahoo

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  Black markets sprout in IP address shortage

  With only days passed since the Asia Pacific regional internet registry initiated a severely reduced allocation policy for Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4), ‘black’ markets have begun to appear for operators and address holders to trade address between themselves.

  By James Hutchinson | 20 April, 2011 12:33

  Tags: ipv4, IPv4 addresses, IPv4 black market, networking

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  Small ISPs losers as APNIC exhausts IPv4

  Developing economies and small ISPs are expected to be hardest hit by an Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address rationing policy enacted this week by the Asia Pacific regional registry.

  By James Hutchinson | 15 April, 2011 12:27

  Tags: internet, ipv4, IPv6, networking

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  Brocade adds IPv6 to core switching platform

  Networking vendor Brocade has announced an upgrade to its core switching software which increases performance and adds IPv6 support.

  By Rodney Gedda | 23 March, 2011 09:35

  Tags: brocade, ipv4, IPv6, switches

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  More secure IPv6 won't stop vulnerability bugbear

  Next-generation Internet addressing promises more IP addresses and better security, but moving to IPv6 won't cure today's vulnerabilities and could even introduce new types of threats.

  By Rodney Gedda | 18 February, 2011 11:46

  Tags: F5 Networks, ipv4, IPv6, IPv6 Forum, Qvalent, security, vulnerabilities

• Why you shouldn't worry so much about IPv6

  A critical juncture in history arrived this week as the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assigned the last IPv4 addresses to the five regions of the world's Regional Internet Registries.

  By Bruce Gain | 05 February, 2011 05:42

  Tags: internet, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, ipv4, IPv6, LAN/WAN, Linux, Network management, Windows

• No more IPv4 addresses

  The Internet has run out of IPv4 address space.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 02 February, 2011 02:35

  Tags: American Registry for Internet Numbers, ipv4, IPv6, LAN & WAN, networking

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  Action, not talk, needed for IPv6

  The co-developer of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) has urged associations and businesses to take action on deploying IPv6, rather than continuing to talk.

  By James Hutchinson | 24 January, 2011 15:29

  Tags: broadband, internet, ipv4, IPv6, National Broadband Network (NBN), NBN, networking, Vint Cerf

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  Global IPv6 test flight geared for 8 June, 2011

  Internet heavyweights Google, Facebook, Yahoo! are among a number of major Web companies in support of World IPv6 day, slated for 8 June 2011.

  By Tim Lohman | 13 January, 2011 10:24

  Tags: APNIC, Facebook, Google, IANA, ipv4, IPv6, IPv6 deployment, Yahoo

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  Run on IPv4 addresses could exhaust supply by December

  The remaining pool of unallocated IPv4 addresses could be depleted as early as December due to unprecedented levels of broadband and wireless adoption in the Asia Pacific region, experts say.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 18 June, 2010 01:52

  Tags: internet, ipv4, IPv6, telecommunications