Security Enhancements in IPv6
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The current generation of IP, version 4 (IPv4), has been in use for more than 20 years since its inception in 1980 and has supported the Internet's rapid growth during that time. IPv4 has proven to be robust, easily implemented and interoperable. This is a tribute to its initial design. However, the current Internet has grown much bigger than was anticipated. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has developed a suite of protocols and standards known as IP version 6 (IPv6). IPv6, the next generation Internet protocol, has been seen as the best solution for the problems that current Internet protocol faced. In this paper, key enhanced features of IPv6, including IPv6 addressing, Quality of Service (QoS), IP Security (IPSec), Mobile 1Pv6, possible transition scenarios and mechanisms, as well as the IPv6 deployment situations are summarized. This paper deals with IPV6 security improvements .Also security comparison to IPV4 protocol is made.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008