Ipv4 and Ipv6

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IPv4 and IPv6 By Billy Bostic SE 572 Network Security Keller Graduate School of Management Instructor: Dr. Lahoud April 3, 2010 I. Table of Contents 1 II. Executive Summary 2 III. Introduction 3 IV. The Current Status of IPv4 3-4 V. Recommendation to Change to IPv6 and Why 4 A. What will IPv6 do 4 B. What are the Security Issues 4 C. RIR role in Allocation IPv6 addresses 5-6 VI. The Stakeholders Concerns 6 VII. The Real Cost to Switch from IPv4 to IPv6 6 VIII. Diagrams 7-8 IX. Conclusion 9 X. References 10 Executive Summary In the beginning IPv4 did not put much emphasis on security; worms and viruses were not a major threat then but today, millions of dollars are spent in an effort to avoid security attacks on the internet. IPv4 addresses have run their course and now IPv6 is becoming the front runner for network security because the IPv4 addresses are almost exhausted. However, some stakeholders are not willing to give up IPv4 because they have invested in more addresses then they have used. Nonetheless, whether they know it or not IPv6 is up and running across their IPv4 lines. IPv6 has improved on many of the security shortcomings that exist in IPv4. In particular, IPv6 contains many enhanced security features, such as IPSec (AH/ESP), that were back-ported into IPv4. And, the huge size of the IPv6 address space by itself creates significant barriers to comprehensive vulnerability scanning. Other IPv6 features, such as the auto-configuration of addresses, make it complicated for a malicious attacker to probe systems for weaknesses. Still hackers are still coming up with ways to access systems despite IPv6 efforts. Introduction. Since 1981 IPv4 has been the protocol used to transmit data over the internet. In the beginning IPv4 addresses were
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