<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Kivuva <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
1.IPv4 Address exhaustion<div>2. IPv6 autoconfiguration</div><div>3. IPv^ has no broadcast</div><div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>4. Simplified header</div><div>5. Built-in multicast (not just !broadcast in LANs)</div>
<div>6. Enhanced ICMP(v6): MLD/IGMP, ARP/ND</div><div>7. Massive addressing space</div><div>7.1 Aggregation (routing, filtering)</div><div>7.2 Lesser complexity in management: uniform sized subnets, long-lasting "creative" addressing plans, growth resistant</div>
<div>8. Privacy extensions, CGAs</div><div><br></div><div>To name a few, too.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div style="text-align:left">I'd like to hear about _your_ perceived benefits of IPv6 too :-)</div><div style="text-align:left"><br></div><div style="text-align:left">Best,</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div></div><div>Just a few<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On 31 May 2012 18:50, Tafadzwa Kashora <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tafadzwakashora7@gmail.com" target="_blank">tafadzwakashora7@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">Good Day,<div><br></div><div>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:</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netsecur/ipv6-security-a-lot-like-ipv4.html" target="_blank">http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netsecur/ipv6-security-a-lot-like-ipv4.html</a>
</div><div><br></div><div>Please feel free to respond.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Tafy</div>
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<p>- Así que este es el futuro del hombre: calentarse a los rayos del sol, bañarse en las claras corrientes de agua, y comer los frutos de la tierra olvidando todo trabajo y fatiga.</p>
<p>- Bueno, y por qué no?</p><p style="text-align:right">"El tiempo en sus manos"</p><br>