IPv6 took another significant step forward yesterday, as the root DNS zone was updated with IPv6 addresses for six of the 13 root servers. Most root servers are "anycasted:" physical machines are ...

Just before year's end, ICANN/IANA sent out a short message saying that "on 4 February 2008, IANA will add AAAA records for the IPv6 addresses of the four root servers whose operators have requested ...

IPv6 is the next-generation protocol designed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to replace IPv4, the current version of the Internet Protocol. IPv4 has been remarkably resilient. However, ...

OpenDNS, a popular third-party Domain Name System (DNS) provider, is now offering IPv6 DNS support. The company claims that "OpenDNS is the first major recursive DNS service in the world to offer the ...

IPv6 was first proposed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in the late 1990s, but it wasn’t until July 2017 that it became ratified. Instead, IPv4, a protocol first introduced way back in ...

As the operator of some of the core Internet , including the DNS root, .com and .net, Verisign has a unique view into the challenges of transitioning to and progress to date. The purpose of a name in ...

As the operator of some of the core Internet name servers, including the DNS root, .com and .net, Verisign has a unique view into the challenges of transitioning to IPv6 and progress to date. The ...