The Internet Protocol (IP) developedduring the mid-1970s, is the backbone of a family of protocols thatincludes TCP, UDP, RIP, and virtually every otherprotocol used for Internet communications. The ...

In addition to IPv4 (often written as just IP), there is IP version 6 (IPv6). IPv6 was developed as IPng (“IP:The Next Generation” because the developers were supposedly fans of the TV show “Star Trek ...

Although the current industry norm is IPv4, this form of IP address is being slowly replaced with the latest version of the Internet protocol. However, before shifting to IPv6 completely, it’s ...

The global transition from IPv4 to IPv6 has gained major traction, driven by the urgent need to accommodate a rapidly expanding number of internet-connected devices and the introduction of IPv6 ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. As cofounder of IPXO, an IP management platform, I've spent over a decade in internet ...

Twenty years ago, the fastest Internet backbone links were 1.5Mbps. Today we argue whether that’s a fast enough minimum to connect home users. In 1993, 1.3 million machines were connected to the ...

The time is ripe for your business to migrate to IPv6, but you need to keep your new connections safe. Internet Protocol version six (IPv6) is the way that internet communication will be handled for ...

StarlingX 11.0 uses IPsec in tunnel mode to encrypt inter-host pod-to-pod communication over the cluster host network. A new ...

In my last column, I explained preparing your network for IPv6 is a good idea. In this edition, we’ll peek under the hood of the IPv6 header and see how it’s put together. The IPv6 header is, ...