How Do We Get To IPv6? | Linux Today

How Do We Get To IPv6?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 16, 2011

“The question of how and where enterprises should move to IPv4
was tackled in a panel discussion at the Interop conference here
this week. While the need for more address space is obvious, there
are a number of challenges involved in moving to IPv6.

One of the biggest is the fact that IPv4 is not compatible with
IPv6.

“People ask me, how did you screw that one up?” John Curran,
President and CEO, ARIN told the Interop audience. “


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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