Friday, February 11, 2011

Key Advantages of IPv6 over IPv4

here i am mentioning some key advantages of ipv6, why we should switch over to it , why its more important now and is there no long ipv4 exists??????

I think dat these points will surely give you some overview of ipv6 too:
  • Addresses are assigned to interfaces
    • No change from IPv4 Model
  • Interface can have multiple addresses
  • Addresses have scope
    • Link Local
    • Site Local
    • Global
  • Addresses have lifetime
    • Valid and Preferred lifetime
  • Self Configurations of workstations
  • Security Features
  • Support Mobile workstations
  • Backward Comptiablity with IPv4
  • End-to-End security Model
    • Protects DHCP
    • Protects DNS
    • Protects IPv6 Mobility
    • Protects End-to-End traffic over IPv4 networks
  •  Larger Address Space
  • Efficient and Extensible IP datagram
  • Efficient Route Computation and Aggregation
  • Improved Host and Router Discovery
  • Mandated New Stateless and Stateful Address
  • Autoconfiguration
  •  Easy renumbering
  •  Mobility support
  •  Mandated Security for IP datagrams