Stan Barber to Speak at IEEE Globecom in Houston

Stan Barber, chair of TXv6TF, is speaking and will be part of a panel at the upcoming IEEE Globecomm meeting in Houston this week. This is the 2nd year that Stan has spoken at the IEEE Globecomm event and the 10th year that IEEE has engaged the IPv6 Forum to assemble a group of IPv6 experts for an afternoon on IPv6. This will happen Wednesday, December 7. For more information, check the IEEE Globecomm website. A copy of the slides from this talk are available.

2012 North American IPv6 Summit Announced

The Rocky Mountain IPv6 Task Force has announced the dates for a joint event being called the 2012 North American IPv6 Summit. The dates of the event are April 9 – 11, 2012 and will be in Denver. Check out this link for more information.

Fall 2011 TXv6TF – Registration is Now Closed!

Thanks for everyone registering for the event. Registration is now closed.

If you are registered and are now not planning on attending, please let us know so we can give your seat to someone who would like to be there, but now is unable to get a seat.

TXv6TF Fall 2011 Speakers Now Finalized

The list of Speakers and Topic for the 2011 TXv6TF Fall Event is now final.

IPv6 Fragmentation

Bill Cerveny of Arbor Networks has a great post on IPv6 Fragmentation. It works a bit differently in IPv6 from IPv4 and it’s a very important difference. This is especially true when considering how to implement a security policy. Fragmentation is one of the few uses of IPv6 extension headers seen regularly in the wild today and must use Path-MTU to work effectively.

2011 Fall TXv6TF Conference Registration is Now Open

Please visit the event web page to learn more.

Light Reading Event Encourages IPv6 Adoption

Light Reading’s IPv6: The Time is Now event in New York City had a pantheon of great speakers. This article summarizes important points from the speakers at the event.

The Impact of IPv6 on On-Line Marketing

A good paper to share with those in your company that handle on-line marketing has been released by Martin Longo, CTO of real-time identity firm Demandbase. The paper is called “Transition to IPv6: Why Online Marketers Should Care. If you think it’s just IT’s problem, think again” and makes the case for thinking about IPv6 now and not be caught unprepared during the transition.

TXv6TF Fall Summit Agenda Taking Shape

The mid-September Fall TXv6TF Summit agenda is starting to take shape. Today, TXv6TF announced that there will be a 3-hour hands on lab at the end of the 2nd day of the summit (September 15, 2011). This lab requires no prior experience with IPv6 and will be consist of the following agenda:

• Short lecture – IPv6 addressing
• Lab 1 – Configure network device with IPv6 SLAAC address
• Lab 2 – Configure network device with IPv6 static address
• Lab 3 – Configure network device for basic IPv6 routing between VLANs
• Lab 4 – Configure network device for OSPFv3

The lab will be lead by Jeff Carrell and is free, but advanced registration is required and seats are limited. Each participant must bring a laptop with any operating system that has VPN (PPTP) and telnet capability in order to participate in these labs.

The Cable Show in Chicago: Cable Operators and IPv6

Comcast and Time Warner Cable both talked about outcomes related to World IPv6 Day this week at The Cable Show in Chicago.
Light Reading offers this summary.