ICANN Turns on Next Generation IP Addresses

The great migration from IPv4 to IPv6 has officially begun, after ICANN added the first addresses to its root servers that conform to the new version of the internet protocol.

On Monday, ICANN, the organisation that maintains the internet’s addressing systems, said it had for the first time added IPv6 addresses to the appropriate files and databases on six of the world’s 13 root server networks. Before it did this, those who were using IPv6 had no choice but to run it alongside IPv4, because the root server networks were IPv4-only.

“IPv6 will be an essential part [of] our future and support in the root servers is essential to the growth, stability and reliability of the public internet,” said the chair of ICANN’s internet service and connectivity provider constituency, Tony Holmes. “The ISP community welcomes this development as part of the continuing evolution of the public internet.”

Read the full story at zdNet.

Bookmark