- IPv6 news and information

NetLogic Microsystems, Inc., a worldwide leader in high-performance intelligent semiconductor solutions for next-generation Internet networks, today announced that ZTE Corporation, a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has selected NetLogic Microsystems’ industry-leading NLA11k knowledge-based processors, optimized for Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) processing, for ZTE’s multi-terabit T8000 Cluster Router. ZTE’s T8000 Router is ideal for operators and service providers building sophisticated IP/Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) infrastructure for next-generation network backbones.

Complete info at TradersHuddle.

IPv6 is here and most companies are expected to deploy it in the next 12 to 24 months. Not all networking equipment supports or can be upgraded to use IPv6. ISI Snapshot 7.4 can inventory and tell you if your current configuration currently supports or can be upgraded to support IPv6 and helps avoid major outages caused by undetected incompatibilities.

Complete info at SFGate.

Next 13th September, a series of 20 theoretical and hands-on IPv6 training sessions (in Spanish only) will start in Madrid, as part of the Spanish Government transition plan to the new Internet Protocol, signed by the Council of Ministers last 29th April.

This will be followed by sessions in Barcelona, Valencia, León, Zaragoza, Santander, Bilbao, Logroño, Pamplona, Mérida, Ceuta, Murcia, Seville, Málaga, Las Palmas, Toledo, Palma de Mallorca, Santiago de Compostela and Oviedo.

Complete info at 6DEPLOY site.

The switch to IPv6 will not make networks more secure or more vulnerable to attack in and of itself, according to a panel of industry experts. But failing to test equipment and to make sure security features are functioning as planned could leave networks vulnerable during and after the transition to the new numbering plan.

Complete info at LightReading.

At a plenary session during the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting in Quebec City, Canada two weeks ago, World IPv6 Day was rehashed at some length. It took place on June 8 this year, and Google, Facebook, Yahoo and others turned on IPv6 for 24 hours in an effort to flush out broken IPv6 setups. Immediately after IPv6 day, and again six weeks later, we noted that there didn’t appear to be much breakage to speak of.
Complete info at ars technica.

I’m doing a webcast together with Jeff Hartley from Brocade on August 24. If you are interested in how you can deploy NAT64 and DNS64 with Brocade ServerIron ADX and Secure64 DNS, then please attend.

Register here