Top sites become IPv6 enabled2011-01-13 09:28 by DanielaTags: IPv6, Yahoo, Akamai, Limelight Networks
Top traffic websites Google and Yahoo are joining the major content delivery networks Akamai and Limelight Networks, and the Internet Society, to enable IPv6 on their main services for a 24-hour test flight on June 8, 2011. IPv4 addresses are running out this year and many in the industry have realised they must move to full IPv6 adoption, or risk increased costs and slower speeds online for Internet users everywhere. According to the Internet Society, the companies are coming together to help motivate organizations across the industry to "prepare their services for the transition" which is often a metaphor used in hospices for the terminally ill. Leslie Daigle, the Internet Society's Chief Internet Technology officer said that the IPv6 Test Flight will enable enabling IPv6 for a 24-hour period to help industry players to work together to support the new protocol on an accelerated timeline. Read more -here-
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