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 ...

To appreciate all the extra functionality and other improvements, Alan Clark takes a look inside to see what makes IPv6 tick. To achieve greater routing efficiency, the IPv6 header has undergonean ...

This document presents real-world data regarding the extent to which packets with IPv6 Extension Headers (EHs) are dropped in the Internet (as originally measured in August 2014 and later in June 2015 ...

IPv6 was designed to be an evolutionary step from IPv4. It was not a design goal to take a radical step away from IPv4. Functions that work in IPv4 were maintained in IPv6, and those that didn't work ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Now that World IPv6 Day (June 8) is behind us, we can all take comfort in the fact that the ...

IPv6 presents a security paradox. The capabilities IPv6 provides will enhance online security - but the shift to the new Internet address scheme may also present risks if not properly managed.

In addition to IPv4 (often written as just IP), there is IP version 6 (IPv6). IPv6 was developed as IPng (“IP:The Next Generation” because the developers were supposedly fans of the TV show “Star Trek ...