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The End is Near!

On February 4th, 2009, I told you that IPv4 address space is running out and that IPv6 is here to replace it. As of this writing, there are about 218 days worth of IPv4 address space remaining, and the...

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3 Bars | 3 Questions: IPv6

Thanks to Marc’s vote, I had the distinct honor of being the third guest on our “3 Bars | 3 Questions” series. The topic of conversation: IPv6. Are we in a “The sky is falling!” situation yet? How can...

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Don’t Let IPv4 Exhaustion Sneak Up on You

A few months ago, IANA exhausted its unallocated IPv4 address pool when it gave the last /8‘s to regional registries around the world. That news got a fair amount of buzz. Last month, some of the...

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IPv6 Milestone: “World IPv6 Launch Day”

On Tuesday, the Internet Society announced “World IPv6 Launch Day”, a huge step in the transition from IPv4 to IPv6. Scheduled for June 6, 2012, this “launch day” comes almost one year after the...

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“World IPv6 Launch Day” and What it Means for You

June 6, 2012, marked a milestone in the further advancement of the Internet: World IPv6 Launch Day. It was by no means an Earth-shattering event or a “flag day” where everyone switched over to IPv6...

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