Geeksaresexy.net has a very interesting article on the future of v4 space and the possibility of a black market where IPv4 could sell for rates far higher than estimated fee of $1,250 a year for 256 addresses.

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Sixy.ch aims to be a directory of web sites that are accessible via IPv6. IPv6 is the next-generation Internet Protocol that solves the shortage of addresses with the current version, IPv4, and adds new features that facilitate end-to-end communication.

The deployment of IPv6 currently seems to be stuck in a chicken-and-egg situation: little content is accessible over IPv6, and content providers (web site owners) don’t have an incentive to IPv6-enable their web sites because few people have IPv6 Internet access. On the other hand, as little web sites are accessible via IPv6 (and almost none only via IPv6), consumers aren’t demanding IPv6 support from their ISPs.

With Sixy.ch, those that already have IPv6 access know something to do with it, and web site owners get a (however small) incentive to make their web site future proof.

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Some recent Network World articles have been written about the fact that organizations have IPv6 traffic on them even though they have not explicitly enabled IPv6 on their hosts or network devices. I don’t want you to overreact to this news or to unnecessarily spread fear-uncertainty-and-doubt about IPv6. As far as the protocol goes, it is not drastically different than IPv4. There are steps you can take to protect your organization while preparing for your migration to IPv6.

If you got your print copy of Network World July 6-13, Volume 26, Number 23 you would see an article on the front cover titled “Hidden IPv6 traffic poses risk” by Carolyn Duffy Marsan. If you read the online version of Network World you might have read the same article titled “Invisible IPv6 traffic poses serious network threat” also by Carolyn Duffy Marsan. Carolyn also wrote another Network World online article titled “Five of the biggest IPv6-based threats facing CIOs”.

These articles cover the fact that many organizations have some form of IPv6 traffic on their network and they do not even realize it.

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HotLINX18 is now online! Please download our 16 page IPv6 special edition now: http://bit.ly/l7O80

The IPv6 special edition of HotLINX is nearly upon us. Expect an announcement on publication very soon

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