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What is IPv6, why is it so important, and why is it adoption taking so long?

Network World

For the most part the dire warnings about running out of internet addresses have ceased because, slowly but surely, migration from the world of Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) to IPv6 has begun, and software is in place to prevent the address apocalypse that many were predicting. What is IPv6 and why is it important?

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Interop Liveblog: IPv6 Microsegmentation

Scott Lowe

This session was titled “IPv6 Microsegmentation,” and the speaker was Ivan Pepelnjak. The session starts with a discussion of the problems found in Layer 2 IPv6 networks. Note that some of these attacks are also common to IPv4 and are not necessarily unique to IPv6. Can we use shared Layer 3 IPv6 subnets?

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Networking terms and definitions

Network World

AI networking AI networking refers to the application of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to network management and optimization. It’s particularly well-suited for applications that require rapid data transfer, such as scientific computing, financial modeling and video rendering.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 gains security, networking upgrades

Network World

Enhanced networking infrastructure brings more IPv6 access As an operating system platform that is used as the basis for enterprise, cloud and even telecom scale deployments, RHEL’s networking stack is of particular importance to users. With this update, you can connect to IPsec VPNs that use IPv6 addressing.” release notes state.

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Technology Short Take #57

Scott Lowe

Tor Anderson has an article on using IPv6 for network boot using UEFI and iPXE. We all know that security is more than just a host-based firewall, but a host-based firewall can be part of an overall security strategy. Operating Systems/Applications. Welcome to Technology Short Take #57. Networking. Larry Smith Jr.

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Product Review: Paessler PRTG Network Monitor

Galido

Application monitoring. IPv6 support. PRTG monitors all types of systems, devices and applications in your IT infrastructure: SNMP: Ready to use and with customization options. Bandwidth monitoring using SNMP, WMI, NetFlow, sFlow, jFlow, packet sniffing. Web monitoring. Monitoring of virtual servers. Environmental monitoring.

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Technology Short Take #84

Scott Lowe

I wouldn’t take this information as gospel, but here’s a breakdown of some of the IPv6 support available in VMware NSX. Anthony Burke gives a little bit of a sneak peek at some functionality from the upcoming v3 release of PowerNSX: searching NSX Distributed Firewall (DFW) rules. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

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