[ Thanks to Xunil
Ung for this link. ]
“Japanese telecommunications giant NTT last week announced the
first commercial Internet service supporting IPv6, a comprehensive
and controversial upgrade to the 30-year-old communications
protocol that underpins the Internet.”
“NTT’s announcement was made at the IPv6 Global Summit, a
gathering of 150 Internet engineers and product designers, held in
Telluride, Colo. The summit was sponsored by the IPv6 Forum, a
group of 80 companies and research institutions promoting the IPv6
standard.”
“Developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force, IPv6
offers corporate network managers several benefits over the current
IPv4 protocol. IPv6, which uses a 128-bit addressing
scheme, supports a virtually limitless number of uniquely
identified systems on the ‘Net, while IPv4 supports only a few
billion because it uses a 32-bit addressing scheme. IPv6 also
offers easier administration and tighter security.”