Been meaning to catch up on IPv6, the next generation Internet Protocol? We've backtracked and collected a handful of stories that will get you up to speed well before IPv4 addresses run out.

How does IPv6 help? The way the new-generation IPv6 IP addresses work means there is a huge increase in the number of combinations of addresses possible compared with IPv4.

Cheat Sheet for Securing IPv6 Networks With the latest estimates that IPv4 addresses will be exhausted before 2012, the government is stepping up efforts to assure that agencies can capably use ...