Reposted from the Official Microsoft Blog
World IPv6 Day took place on June 8, 2011 and was a resounding success.
IPv6 is the next generation of the Internet Protocol, and defines how computers communicate and address each other across networks. The current version of the Internet Protocol, IPv4, is not able to support the growing number of devices connected to the Internet. This concern, amongst other issues, is driving the Internet to upgrade...
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As we announced in February, Bing and other major web sites are joining together to participate in World IPv6 Day, this Wednesday, June 8 2011. IPv6 connectivity will be operational beginning this evening at 5:00 p.m. PT and end tomorrow, June 8, at the same time.
During this time, we will enable world-wide IPv6 connectivity to www.bing.com . Consumers with IPv6 Internet capabilities will automatically access Bing via IPv6. This necessitates both...
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Earlier today, IANA, the international
body responsible for distributing Internet addresses, completed its final
allocation of IPv4 addresses. IPv4 has been the primary communication
protocol for the Internet for more than 20 years, so this final allocation marks
the end of an era, to the extent the brief history of the Internet can be
categorized this way.
Considering the rapid proliferation of personal computers, smartphones,
networked...
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