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Here is this weeks round up on IPv6 related things that have landed in my inbox.

IPv4 Countdown vs. State of IPv6 – By Arun Viswanathan

So given the predictions about end of IPv4 and the rate of adoption of IPv6, are we ready for migration? In Feb 2008, ICANN added IPv6 addresses for 6 of the 13 root DNS servers (news here) which is a step in the right direction but is …

Getting more from your IPv6 – GCN.com – Washington,DC,USA

By Joab Jackson Agencies eventually will use IPv6 addresses for their network nodes, especially now that they have met the Office of Management and Budget’s …

IPv6 costs and incentives – By defectivecompass

For something like IPv6 which is supposed to be “the future of the Internet” there seems to be a lot of religion out there. Let me try to summarize what I thought were the main reasons to go with IPv6. …

Vietnam to soon employ IPv6: Deputy Minister – VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi,Vietnam

Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Le Nam Thang said recently that Vietnam was ready to use IPv6. Regional Internet registry organisations …

Why are D-link and Linksys preventing IPv6? – By mikael

Looking at the latest IPv6 statistics it is pretty clear that there are plenty of IPv6 capable nodes out there but that a majority of them are being blocked by their home router. With the changes in Vista in the behaviour of Teredo …

How are you coming with that IPv6 migration?, (Mon, Nov 17th) – SANS, Internet Storm Center

We’ve known for a number of years that IPv6 was coming. In fact, in some parts of the world, i …(more)…

Experts urge govt to adopt IPv6 – Capital FM – Nairobi,Kenya

Mr Ngundi explained to Capital Business that IPv6 provides flexibility in allocating addresses and routing traffic and it will therefore provide the …

Based on double stack agreement IPV4 to IPV6 transition project design – By admin

In view of the IP address’s question, IETF (Internet project duty group) proposed the new generation Internet interconnection agreement – - IPv6 agreement (IPv6 protocol), not only it has solved the IPv4 address problem, and improved IP …

Stress Fractures in the Internet by 2012 – International Business Times – New York,NY,USA

The report shows how IPv6, the presumed successor to the current Internet Protocol addressing scheme (IPv4), is too little too late. …

Stress fractures in the Internet by 2012? I’m not so sure – Internet News

Then of course there is IPv6 – which is slowly making its way into the carrier network and could be used in a dual IPv4/IPv6 stack to help alleviate any …

Internet to Fracture From Stress? – TMCnet – USA

The report dismisses IPv6, the presumed successor to the current Internet Protocol addressing scheme (IPv4), as “too little too late,” finding that only one …

IPv6 back in fashion at the IETF – By Mikael Lind

Having been following IPv6 at the IETF meetings for a couple of years it is clear that IPv6 now is back as a hot topic after having been dormant for a while. Just a year or so ago it seemed IPv6 was becoming an integrated part in daily …

IPv6 traffic stats…. – Kurtis

Some of you have already seen my presentation on IPv6 usage in Sweden that I have given at RIPE previously and at the current IETF I gave it at both IEPG and v6ops. There is now several of these presentations and efforts started that …

Internet Protocol Version 6 can support a large user base – New Straits Times

The Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) address system has the means to support a large user base and at the same time encourage more in the community to …

Don’t Fight the Future – By Richard Bejtlich

IPv6 seems to be making some ground, at least in mindshare in the Western world and definitely on the ground in the Far East. “End-to-end” is a core idea of IPv6, but scares me. Isolation is one of the few defensive measures that works …

IPv6 via AYIYA – By Jeremy Visser

The whole setting up of IPv6 has been very educational. I would recommend that anybody interested in IPv6, or even just IP routing in general, route an IPv6 subnet at some stage, to just get a feel for the system. …