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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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IPv4 vs IPv6 – Why is IPv6 so important?

Galido

IPv6 is the newest version of Internet Protocol (IP), the communications protocol that provides an identification number and location for each of the world’s Internet-connected devices. if it weren’t for IPv6. The Internet continues to grow and that growth will only be accommodated by IPv6 addresses.

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New Route 53 and ELB features: IPv6, Zone Apex, WRR and more.

All Things Distributed

New Route 53 and ELB features: IPv6, Zone Apex, WRR and more. Elastic Load Balancing now provides support for EC2 Security Groups such that customers that hosts their Internet accessible application instances behind ELB can build security rules that for example restrict traffic to only the ELB instances that front them. Comments ().

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BGP: What is border gateway protocol, and how does it work?

Network World

The internet has been called a network of networks, in which groups of individual networks managed by a large organization connect with other groups of networks managed by other large organizations. IPv6 crossed this milestone late last year. What does BGP have to do with autonomous systems?

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Liveblog: IPv6 in the Cloud - Protocol and Service Overview

Scott Lowe

This is a liveblog of an AWS re:Invent 2017 breakout session titled “IPv6 in the Cloud: Protocol and Service Overview.” Global IPv6 adoption is currently around 22%, and is expected to hit 25% by the end of the year. T-Mobile, for example, now has 89% of their infrastructure running on IPv6.

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10 Linux commands for testing connectivity and transfer rates

Network World

It groups bandwidth usage by process to help you pinpoint particular processes that might be causing a slowdown in your network traffic. . $ fast $ 10.08 In other words, it helps you pinpoint the net hogs, so it is aptly named. .

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DDoS: Understand The Growing Threat From Botnet #14

CTOvision

One of the more infamous groups of bots is referenced as Botnet #14. If IoT devices supporting IPv6 over Low power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPAN) are introduced, the potential for larger DDoS attacks compounds. Botnet #14 is one of many Mirai botnets currently operating within the DDoS space.

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