They're used to locate computers on the internet ... prompting the development of IPv6. In the years since, the availability of IPv4 addresses (especially in larger blocks) has waned, and the ...

All computers directly connected to the internet must have an individual unique address, and the IPv4 scheme used since the 1980s ... Hardly, because of course IPv6, the replacement for IPv4 ...

Although IPv6 was introduced in the early 90s as a result ... Much of this seems to be due to the changes since the 1990s in how the Internet got used, with IP-based addressing of less importance ...

Upgrading the infrastructure and applications would cost an arm and a leg for many organizations to switch to IPv6. - Because the systems are used by many organizations, compatibility issues are ...

IPv6 includes Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) as a built-in feature, which provides both authentication and encryption for network traffic when properly configured. While IPSec has been used ...

Good news for customers of Abingdon-based alternative network provider Gigaclear. The ISP has now confirmed to ISPreview that ...