IPv6 Adoption Critical for the Preservation and Growth of the Internet

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The Internet Society and the Rocky Mountain IPv6 Task Force unify events in Denver to increase IPv6 adoption rate [Denver, Colorado] – The number of available Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses is declining rapidly and will soon leave businesses and individuals worldwide who have not yet adopted the new IPv6 protocol with limited options [...]

Successful World IPv6 Day Demonstrates Global Readiness for IPv6

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Top websites serving billions of users demonstrate progress towards largest transition in Internet’s history Top websites and Internet service providers around the world, including Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Akamai, and Limelight Networks, joined t…

Computer and Sanskrit

10 August 2012

The following quote is from an article Sanskrit & Artificial Intelligence, which appeared in AI (Artificial Intelligence) magazine in spring of 1985, written by NASA researcher Rick Briggs: In the past twenty years, much time, effort, and money has been expended on designing an unambiguous representation of natural languages to make them accessible to computer [...]

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IPv6 Subnetting – The Paradigm Shift

25 July 2012

Almost every conversation I have with folks just learning about IPv6 goes about the same way; once I’m finally able to convince them that IPv6 is not going away and is needed in their network, the questions start. One of the most practical and essential early questions that needs to be asked (but often isn’t) [...]

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A Chat with Geoff Huston

16 July 2012

Geoff Huston is an Internet Pioneer. He lead the initial build of the Internet in Australia, has contributed significantly within the IETF, was a member of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) from 1999 to 2005, served on the Internet Society’s Board from 1992 to 2001 (including one term as chair), has written several books, and [...]

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Now Writing on CircleID

10 July 2012

I’ve recently started posting some of my Internet specific pieces on CircleID. CircleID is a collaborative news and opinion website where professionals come to connect, inform and be informed about the latest developments that are shaping the Internet infrastructure. Postings on CircleID cover all aspects of the Internet infrastructure including technical, commercial, legal, political, and [...]

Now Writing on CircleID is a post from don't panic – One Network Architect's View of Life, the Internet, and Everything.

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A Chat with Vint Cerf

26 June 2012

Vint Cerf is an Internet Pioneer. As one of the fathers of the Internet, he likely needs little introduction, so I’ll be brief: In addition to co-designing TCP/IP, he has written or contributed to 43 IETF RFCs. In 1992 he helped found the Internet Society (ISOC). From 2000 to 2007 Vint served as the chairman [...]

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ARIN Policy Update – June 2012

21 June 2012

Now that the dust has settled after another successful ARIN Public Policy Meeting (PPM), it’s time for a quick ARIN policy update. Today I’ll be covering just actions taken since ARIN XXIX in Vancouver. I’ll wait to post about new and existing draft policies until we get closer to the next PPM; ARIN XXX in [...]

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More Number Scarcity

2 April 2012

Last year ICANN allocated the last five IPv4 blocks to the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). Since then we have seen a concerted effort on the part of network and content providers to make sure they support IPv6, so they’ll be ready for the next few billion Internet users. But there’s another Internet number resource which [...]

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2012 North American IPv6 Summit

23 March 2012

This year’s summit is the North American (rather than Rocky Mountain) IPv6 Summit and it will again be the largest IPv6 event in North America, even bigger than last year. There’s a long line up of fantastic speakers and over 500 IPv6 networking professionals expected to be in attendance. Plus, I’m presenting something on all three days!

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Meet LACTLD: Coordinating Internet Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

22 March 2012

(Oscar Robles, LACTLD Chair) Last week at my first ICANN meeting as regional Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, I was proud that all my ICANN colleagues converged on Costa Rica and were able to see for themselves why I love the Latin American and Caribbean region. Besides the friendly people, great food, [...]

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Ten Million DNS Resolvers on the Internet

22 March 2012

Resolvers are servers on the Internet which use the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol [TXT, 120 KB] to retrieve information from authoritative servers and return answers to end-user applications. They’re often found in enterprise and ISP networks, and there are a number of public resolver services provided by people like Google and OpenDNS. It’s also [...]

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