IPv6 and the addresses are big and difficult to remember. Upon initial configuration of network gear, it is tempting to use the EUI-64 encoding ( article with a definition of EUI-64 by Wendell Odom ) and let the device create the interface identifier portion of the 128-bit address. But how would that...

Network World just did an article on network management of IPv6 in which Netcordia was mentioned. ( Where eight network management vendors stand on IPv6 ) Of course, a short interview doesn’t provide much opportunity to say much about a reasonably complex topic, so I’ll add some other thoughts here....

One of the security factors I’ve heard espoused about IPv6 is that the large address space (128 bits: 64 bits of network and 64 bits of host address) makes it impossible to scan the network for hosts. On initial inspection, this seemed like a reasonable thought. However, when you look at IPv6's use...