Stories by: Carolyn Duffy Marsan

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    CloudFlare unveils free IPv6 translation service 27/09/2011 23:47:00

    Startup CloudFlare is turning the economics of IPv6 transition on its head with a free cloud-based IPv6-to-IPv4 translation service that is available to website operators starting today.
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    Yahoo, Facebook,Google to IETF: Where are the IPv6 users 28/07/2011 05:51:00

    Where are the users? That's what popular websites including Yahoo, Google and Facebook are asking the Internet engineering community when they are questioned about their long-range plans to deploy IPv6.
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    Google, Facebook promise new IPv6 services after trial 10/06/2011 07:07:00

    One day after completing a successful 24-hour trial of IPv6, Facebook, Google and Yahoo said at a joint press conference that they would begin permanently supporting this upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol on some of their key websites.
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    World IPv6 Day: Tech industry's most-watched event since Y2K 09/06/2011 00:06:00

    The nation's largest telecom carriers, content providers, hardware suppliers and software vendors will be on the edge of their seats tonight for the start of World IPv6 Day, which is the most-anticipated 24 hours the tech industry has seen since fears of the Y2K bug dominated New Year's Eve in 1999.
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    Can't reach your favorite site? IPv6 may be to blame 08/06/2011 05:03:00

    A small number of Internet users will experience delays or time-outs as they attempt to visit Facebook, Google, Yahoo and other popular websites tonight and tomorrow, due to a 24-hour trial of a new Internet standard called IPv6.
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    Hackers may try to disrupt World IPv6 Day 07/06/2011 07:40:00

    Hundreds of popular websites -- including Google, Facebook, Yahoo and Bing -- are participating in a 24-hour trial of a new Internet standard called IPv6 on June 8, prompting worries that hackers will exploit weaknesses in this emerging technology to launch attacks.
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    Verisign expands cloud-based DDoS protection 10/05/2011 06:00:00

    Citing a rise in the number and scope of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks across the Internet, Verisign is expanding its cloud-based DDoS protection service to cover small and midsize businesses that are increasingly frequent targets.
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    Free DNS service adds IPv6 support 03/05/2011 06:49:00

    OpenDNS, one of the Internet's most popular free DNS services, is now offering production-grade support for IPv6, an upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol known as IPv4.
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    Asia out of IPv4 addresses 15/04/2011 04:43:00

    The Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) has run out of all but a handful of IPv4 addresses that it is holding in reserve for start-up network operators.
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    Tighter security available to .com sites, only with upgrades 01/04/2011 08:31:00

    VeriSign has added an extra layer of security to the Internet's .com domain, but e-retailers, banks and other Web site operators will need to upgrade their DNS hardware, software or services to take advantage of .com's new cryptographic features.
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    The six biggest misconceptions about IPv6 25/02/2011 01:43:00

    For 15 years, Internet engineers and policymakers have been publicizing the need to upgrade the 'Net's current addressing scheme -- known as IPv4 -- to handle the network-of-network's explosive growth. Yet many U.S. CIOs and CTOs continue to harbor misinformation that they use to justify why they are not adopting the next-generation IPv6 standard.
 
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