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• Father of internet Vint Cerf worried about your old Facebook pics, talking with aliens

  When Vint Cerf was invited to join Google in 2005 he was asked what job title he wanted.

• IPv6 the great enabler of IoT but Australia’s adoption is slow

  IPv6 is the ‘go to’ communications protocol to enable the Internet of Things but Australia’s adoption of this technology is slow, according to a report released by Communications Alliance today.

• Americas are just 2 weeks away from running out of IPv4 addresses

  John Curran, <a href="https://www.arin.net/">CEO of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN),</a> told attendees at the <a href="http://events.campustechnology.com/Events/CT-Summer-Educational-Technology-Conference/Information/HOME.aspx">Campus Technology conference</a> in Boston on Wednesday that the IP address authority's pool of IPv4 addresses has dwindled to 90,000 and will be exhausted in about two weeks.

• IPv6, IANA transition headline APNIC meeting

  Spurring adoption of IPv6 and promoting a smooth transition of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) are key Internet governance priorities for the year ahead, according to the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC).

• Antique equipment dents IPv6 reliability

  Devices on the edge of the network are holding back performance of IPv6, according to networking industry officials on a panel at APNIC 38.

• Hackers target IPv6

  If your IPv6 strategy is to delay implementation as long as you can, you still must address IPv6 security concerns right now.

• Four ways IPv6 will save the Internet

  The world is almost out of IP addresses--or at least it's almost out of the IPv4 addresses that IT admins and users are most familiar with. Fortunately, IPv6 has been developed to exponentially expand the pool of available IP addresses while also providing a few other benefits.

• Google's leading, but where do other Web giants stand on IPv6?

  The most popular Web sites are under increasing pressure to add support for IPv6, a long-anticipated upgrade to IPv4, the Internet's main communications protocol.

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  State of the Internet Security Report Q4 2014

  This quarter’s report is the last time the State of the Internet Report will include a Security section covering attack traffic, reported DDoS attacks, and other security observations. Download today