DocumentCode
1233126
Title
Internet Protocol Version 6
Author
Frankel, Sheila ; Green, David
Volume
6
Issue
3
fYear
2008
Firstpage
83
Lastpage
86
Abstract
With the explosion of the World Wide Web and email the 32-bit addresses Internet Protocol version 4 used would run out in the not-so-distant future. In 1994, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) established a working group to define the successor to IPv4, IPv6. In March 2008 the US government issued a memorandum requiring that by June 2008 "all agencies" infrastructure must be using IPv6. This article provides the rationale for the US government\´s edict, along with the technical features that distinguish IPv6 from its predecessor, IPv4.
Keywords
Internet; transport protocols; IPv4; IPv6; Internet Engineering Task Force; Internet Protocol version 6; Internet protocol version 4; World Wide Web; email; Communication system security; Data security; IP networks; Internet; Protection; Protocols; Quality of service; Streaming media; TCPIP; Telecommunication traffic; Emerging Standards; IPv4; IPv6; internet protocols; standards;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Security & Privacy, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1540-7993
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSP.2008.65
Filename
4530409
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