As with IPv4, an IPv6 address serves as an identifier for an interface or group of interfaces. Also like IPv4, IPv6 addresses come in several types, based on how they represent those interfaces. IPv6 has three types of addresses. This post covers all three, plus some special purpose addresses as well.

Introducing IPv6 | Classifying IPv6 Addresses is a post from don't panic – One Network Architect's View of Life, the Internet, and Everything.

Global Policy for IPv4 Allocations by the IANA Post Exhaustion I have been working with a team of other concerned netizens on a new global policy proposal since the spring ARIN meeting in Toronto. It started as a lunch time conversation and grew from there. The idea was spurred by last year’s attempt to enact […]

IPv4 IANA Allocations Post Exhaustion is a post from don't panic – One Network Architect's view of Life, the Internet, and Everything.