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 ...

IPv6 is a powerful enhancement to IPv4 with features that better suit current and foreseeable network demands, including the following: IPv6 increases the number of address bits by a factor of 4, from ...

IPv6 is the new Internet Protocol (IP) for identification and location of computers on networks and Internet traffic routing. I’ve been waiting for it now for years but nothing ever seems to happen. I ...

Internet service providers (ISPs) are running out of public IPv4 addresses and want to move away from IPv4 in their internal network. Mapping of Address and Port with Encapsulation (MAP-E), an IPv6 ...

We just saw that the mask determines where the boundary between the network and host portions of the IP address lies. This boundary is important: If it is set too far to the right, there are lots of ...

Today is World IPv6 Day. Don't worry, you don't need to send a card -- it's just a 24-hour test by Google, Facebook and many other websites of a new way of connecting to the Web. Richard Trenholm ...

U.S. ISPs are requesting more IPv6 addresses and fewer IPv4 addresses than ever before — a sign that carriers are investing in the future amidst one of the deepest recessions in modern history. The ...