What are the global implications of the looming shortage of Internet addresses and the slow deployment of the new IPv6 protocol designed to solve this problem? The Internet has reached a critical point. The world is running out of Internet addresses. There is a finite supply of approximately 4.3 billion Internet Protocol (IP) addresses—the unique binary numbers required for every exchange of information over the Internet—within the Internet's prevailing technical architecture (IPv4). In the 1990s the Internet standards community selected a new protocol (IPv6) that would expand the number of Internet addresses exponentially—to 340 undecillion addresses. Despite a decade of predictions about imminent global conversion, IPv6 adoption has barely begun. Protocol Politics examines what's at stake politically, economically, and technically in the selection and adoption of a new Internet protocol. Laura DeNardis's key insight is that protocols are political. IPv6 intersects with provocative topics including Internet civil liberties, US military objectives, globalization, institutional power struggles, and the promise of global democratic freedoms. DeNardis offers recommendations for Internet standards governance, based not only on technical concerns but on principles of openness and transparency, and examines the global implications of looming Internet address scarcity versus the slow deployment of the new protocol designed to solve this problem.

For more than 20 years, Network World has been the premier provider of information, intelligence and insight for network and IT executives responsible for the digital nervous systems of large organizations. Readers are responsible for designing, implementing and managing the voice, data and video systems their companies use to support everything from business critical applications to employee collaboration and electronic commerce.

Catch the IPv6 wave-discover the power of the next-generation Internet Protocol and how to migrate your existing systems from IPv4 to IPv6! With the Internet doubling in size every 10 to 12 months and themarket increasingly demanding live audio and video transmission over the Internet, the time has come for a next-generation Internet Protocol that will be able to cope with these rapidly escalating user volume and traffic demands. Enter IPv6--the result of 7 years of workby the Internet Engineering Task Force to find a successor to IPv4. It put on the Internet Standards Track in December 1995 and will soon be rolling into the marketplace. Network professionals everywhere--integrators, network architects, network managers, technical managers, and others planning to make the transition from IPv4 to IPv6--owe it to themselves and their organizations to learn everything they can about IPv6 now. And this first-of-its kind hands-on guide to IPv6 is the easiest and most accessible place to start. It includes detailed discussions of IPv6 theory, applications, configuration and vendor offerings, along with a number of other topics: the role of IPv6 in the TCP/IP architecture; new features in Internet Control Message Protocol for iPv6; how to send multimediapresentations and messages over the Internet using IPv6 andmulticasting; the expandied 128-bit addressing capabilities of IPv6 and how domain names are translated into IP addresses; tunneling in the IPv6 environment, and much more. Plus, it provides hands-on practical examples of how to: manage the IPv6 intranet address space, design an intranet routing hierarchy, set up and manage an IPv6security system, and migrate existing applicationsand network services to help.

Here's the guide you need for a smooth transition to IPv6 Ready or not, IPv6 is coming. While every enterprise will have some individual issues to manage, this guide will help you decide on a transition strategy, develop a plan, execute it, and verify progress. You'll understand the common tasks and recognize the risks and limitations of IPv6. Follow the guidelines, use the checklists, and you will find that making the transition is no longer intimidating; in fact, it may even require fewer resources than you anticipate. Handle your transition as you would any large-scale technology rollout Know at every stage whether you're on track, and how to fix things if you're not Understand the Federal mandates that are driving IPv6 adoption Craft plans that take into account the unique elements and pitfalls related to IPv6 Discover IPv6-specific issues, such as rules regarding the use and allocation of IPv6 addresses Establish groups of tasks, identify and resolve dependencies among them, and assign an optimal order for execution Maintain your newly IPv6-capable network to keep it operational and secure

The view presented in The Internet and Its Protocols is at once broad and deep. It covers all the common protocols and how they combine to create the Internet in its totality. More importantly, it describes each one completely, examining the requirements it addresses and the exact means by which it does its job. These descriptions include message flows, full message formats, and message exchanges for normal and error operation. They are supported by numerous diagrams and tables.This book's comparative approach gives you something more valuable: insight into the decisions you face as you build and maintain your network, network device, or network application. Author Adrian Farrel’s experience and advice will dramatically smooth your path as you work to offer improved performance and a wider range of services. * Provides comprehensive, in-depth, and comparative coverage of the Internet Protocol (both IPv4 and IPv6) and its many related technologies.* Written for developers, operators, and managers, and designed to be used as both an overview and a reference.* Discusses major concepts in traffic engineering, providing detailed looks at MPLS and GMPLS and how they control both IP and non-IP traffic.* Covers protocols for governing routing and transport, and for managing switches, components, and the network as a whole, along with higher-level application protocols.* Offers thoughtful guidance on choosing between protocols, selecting features within a protocol, and other service- and performance-related decisions.

Ein praktischer Ratgeber zur Fehlersuche in Campus LANs. Jeder Netzwerkdesigner und -administrator erwartet, dass sein Campus LAN effektiv arbeitet. Doch da die meisten Netzwerke mit Cisco Routern laufen, müssen sie mit vielen anderen Netzwerkprotokollen interoperieren, was zu Problemen führen kann. "Troubleshooting Campus Networks" gibt praktische Anleitungen, wie man Protokollanalysen und andere Tools verwendet, um Probleme sowohl für Cisco als auch für Traffic Patterns verschiedener Protokolle zu erkennen. Behandelt werden sowohl Legacy Systeme als auch neueste Technologien, wie z.B. gigabit Ethernet und 802.11 wireless.

This is a guide to deploying IPv6 in any campus, WAN/branch, or data center environment. It shows the reader how to review, compare, and choose the right IPv6 implementation options, how to to understand IPv6 services and the features that make them possible, and how to plan, deploy and manage IPv6 services in IPv4 networks.

"This book provides understanding on the achievement of interoperability among organizations, focusing on new structural design concepts"--Provided by publisher.

The Systems Security Certified Professional (SSCP) designation is one of the most respected certification an IT professional can obtain during their career. It demonstrates the ability to understand a broad range of security concerns in many areas of the security profession.

Mark Sobell presents a comprehensive start-to-finish reference for installing, configuring, and working with Ubuntu Linux desktop and servers.