Carolyn Duffy Marsan

Although the amount of IPv6 traffic it sees is minimal, the back-end operator of the Internet's.com and .net domains says it's ready for carriers

The equipment maker has quietly opened a mirror site that runs IPv6. Other big-name IT companies have yet to get on the bandwagon

Internet policy makers and industry leaders are hailing the Obama Administration's planto upgrade all federal Web sites and e-government services over the next two years to support IPv6

CIO Vivek Kundra has issued a directive requiring all U.S. government agencies to upgrade their public-facing Web sites and services by Sept. 30, 2012 to support IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol

The number of companies offering hosted DNS services continues to increase because adding DNSSEC makes domain name services management harder

A cryptographic key will be generated on one of the Internet's 13 root servers to deploy DNSSEC. When fully implemented next year, it should end spoofing attacks

The Number Resource Organization, an association of the five world groups that give IP addresses to carriers and enterprises, is another voice putting pressure on organizations to upgrade to the newest protocol

A recent meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force unveiled some interesting discoveries and predictions. Find out how much of a danger P2P traffic is these days and why you've never heard of Teredo