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| Wednesday 19 April 2000 | 15:00 | Brian Spratt Room |
| Mr Marcus Goncalves ARC Advisory Group USA |
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IPv6 is short for "Internet Protocol Version 6". IPv6 is the "next generation" protocol designed by the IETF to replace the current version Internet Protocol, IP Version 4 ("IPv4"). Most of today's internet uses IPv4, which is now nearly twenty years old. IPv4 has been remarkably resilient in spite of its age, but it is beginning to have problems. Most importantly, there is a growing shortage of IPv4 addresses, which are needed by all new machines added to the Internet. IPv6 fixes a number of problems in IPv4, such as the limited number of available IPv4 addresses. It also adds many improvements to IPv4 in areas such as routing and network auto configuration. IPv6 is expected to gradually replace IPv4, with the two coexisting for a number of years during a transition period.
This conference provides an introductory information about the protocol, based on the M. Goncalves book of the same title, as well as an overall view of where IPv6 is heading, as a follow up on the discussions presented in the book. More specific themes that will be discussed covers:
- Why is IPv6 important?
- IPv6 features
- IPv4 versus IPv6
Addressing, Routing, Performance, Security (IPSec), Transition Issues
- Can IPv4 Become the Next version of IPv6? (a teaser here!)
- Where to get IPv6 implementations
- Getting additional help
