[afripv6-discuss] What are the benefits of IPv6 over IPv4

[Iñigo Ortiz de Urbina]

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:

> 1.IPv4 Address exhaustion
> 2. IPv6 autoconfiguration
> 3. IPv^ has no broadcast
>
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4. Simplified header
5. Built-in multicast (not just !broadcast in LANs)
6. Enhanced ICMP(v6): MLD/IGMP, ARP/ND
7. Massive addressing space
7.1 Aggregation (routing, filtering)
7.2 Lesser complexity in management: uniform sized subnets, long-lasting
"creative" addressing plans, growth resistant
8. Privacy extensions, CGAs

To name a few, too.

Some of this may come with a security trade-off due to less tested stacks,
understanding from technical staff, and so on, or simply because that
particular issue has not been addressed by design. It is definitely an
improvement IMO, but it is certainly not a cure-all panacea.

I'd like to hear about _your_ perceived benefits of IPv6 too :-)

Best,

Just a few
>
> On 31 May 2012 18:50, Tafadzwa Kashora <tafadzwakashora7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Good Day,
>>
>> I would like to know the benefits of IPv6 in comparison to IPv4. There is
>> an article i was reading that seems to suggest there is not much of a
>> difference:
>>
>>
>> http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netsecur/ipv6-security-a-lot-like-ipv4.html
>>
>> Please feel free to respond.
>>
>> Kind Regards
>>
>> Tafy
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