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A report into the motivation, development and implementation behind internet protocol version 6.
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THE EVOLUTION AND FUTURE OF IPv6 A REPORT INTO THE MOTIVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION BEHIND INTERNET PROTOCOL VERSION 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary 3 Introduction 3 Scope 4 The motives behind ipv6 5 Growth in addressing and routing 5 Shortfalls of ipv4 6 Reducing administrative workload 6 Lack of security 7 Mobility 7 IPv6 - the ins and outs 8 Overview of changes 8 128-bit address field 8 IPv6 header format 9 Address auto-configuration 10 Multicast and Anycast 10 Quality of Service support 10 All Developed with Nowhere to Go 12 Testing the protocol 12 Migration - the transition 13 e-Commerce and IPv6 14 Looking ahead - a final word 14 References 15 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this report is to examine the key issues that influenced the birth of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) and what the foreseeable future holds for the successful implementation on a global scale. This report will look closely at the characteristics of the protocol on both a technical and business level. Extensive testing is still being undertaken by many sites worldwide spawning multiple Request for Comments (RFC) and Internet Drafts to support the protocol. With the development of...
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