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May 09
Packet Pushers Healthy Paranoia Podcast: IPv6 Security Smackdown
Interested in IPv6 security? Back in October 2012, the Packet Pushers podcast had a great show on the topic called “Healthy Paranoia Show 4:IPv6 Security Smackdown!” Guests included many of the people we’ve routinely interacted with about IPv6 at events and on mailing lists:
- Fernando Gont, security researcher
- Eric Vyncke, Cisco Distinguished Consulting Engineer and author
- Joe Klein, security researcher
- TJ Evans, IPv6 instructor and engineer
- Jim Small, Sr. Consultant – Network/Security Architecture and Engineering, CDW
- Scott Hogg, Cisco Press author and Director of Technology Solutions for RMv6TF
The show runs about 90 minutes and is well worth a listen!
May 09
TDYR #004 – 1 Year After Going DRM-free, Tor Books Sees No Increase In Piracy
May 08
TDYR #003 – Syria Disappears From The Internet (And Then Returns) – What Can We Learn From This?
May 06
Video: Have We Found the Cure for Bufferbloat? (Featured Blog)
May 06
RFC 6180 Offers Guidelines for Using IPv6 Transition Mechanisms
How can you best migrate your network to IPv6? What is the best transition mechanism to use of the many available? Should you make your network dual-stack? Use tunneling? Go IPv6-only with gateways on the edge?
I’ve been asked this question lately by a number of people and unfortunately the answer to what is “best” is really…
“It depends.“
There are a lot of variables relating to the type of network you have – the architecture, the equipment, the applications, etc.
Thankfully, there are a good number of documents out there that can help with thinking about what mechanism will work best for your. One of those is RFC 6180, “Guidelines for Using IPv6 Transition Mechanisms during IPv6 Deployment“, available at:
It is an informational RFC (i.e. not a “standard” but a document intended to be helpful) that outlines four different deployment scenarios and how you might use them. While it was published in early 2011 and a LOT has happened with IPv6 in the two years since, the document is still a good reference document and one I would encourage you to review.
Most importantly, just start getting IPv6 deployed!
May 06
TDYR #002 – On The Incredible Importance Of Owning Your Online Platform
May 06
FIR #702 – 5/6/13 – For Immediate Release
May 06
FIR #702 – 5/6/13 – For Immediate Release
May 05
