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StarlingX bridges IPv4-IPv6 gap with dual-stack networking support

Network World

is the addition of IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack support, addressing a critical challenge faced by network operators. is the addition of IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack support, addressing a critical challenge faced by network operators. Users in these areas have been transitioning more and more to rely on IPv6 for its capabilities. release cycle.

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Networking terms and definitions

Network World

Open RAN (O-RAN) O-RAN is a wireless-industry initiative for designing and building 5G radio access networks using software-defined technology and general-purpose, vendor-neutral hardware. Enterprises can choose an appliance from a single vendor or install hardware-agnostic hyperconvergence software on white-box servers.

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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. These protections are also expensive to implement in hardware.

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IPv6 Primer for Deployments

Scott Lowe

This is a liveblog of the OpenStack Summit Sydney session titled “IPv6 Primer for Deployments”, led by Trent Lloyd from Canonical. IPv6 is a topic with which I know I need to get more familiar, so attending this session seemed like a reasonable approach. IPv6 also has some special addresses. x 10 to the 38th power).

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Network World’s Best of Enterprise Network 2024 award winners

Network World

focused on IPv6 support, plus enhanced integrations with ServiceNow and Cisco. Nile automatically performs software upgrades and capacity planning, while eliminating the need for hardware refreshes. Gluware delivers new features and enhancements to its platform several times a year. streamlined workloads; Gluware 5.2

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DDoS: Understand The Growing Threat From Botnet #14

CTOvision

If IoT devices supporting IPv6 over Low power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPAN) are introduced, the potential for larger DDoS attacks compounds. After their primary use expires, if they don’t have a hardware shut down function built in, they could be sitting in a land fill and still used for malicious activities for decades.

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Leading innovation in digital infrastructure for a digital and sustainable APAC

CIO Business Intelligence

Digital infrastructure, of course, includes communications network infrastructure — including 5G, Fifth-Generation Fixed Network (F5G), Internet Protocol version 6+ (IPv6+), the Internet of Things (IoT), and the Industrial Internet — alongside computing infrastructure, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), storage, computing, and data centers.