Please see below for more information on the IPv6 tutorial. Thanks, David K. --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IPv6 tutorial Monday 9/9/2002, 14:00 - 17:30, Rhodes, Greece The success of the Internet has lead to an increased usage and requirement of IP addresses. IPv6 is the new generation of the Internet Protocol. It was introduced to help overcome the limitations of the current version (IPv4). The tutorial will introduce IPv6 and the transition mechanisms that can be used to ease the migration towards IPv6. Apart from the address space extension (IPv6 address is 128 bit long compared to the 32 bit long addresses in IPv4), IPv6 makes equipment autoconfiguration possible. Moreover, thanks to the very large space of global IPv6 addresses, usage of palliatives such as NATs will decrease and end-to-end communication, which is one of the basic principles of IP, will become again possible. There will be no D day to migrate from IPv4 to IPv6. IPv6 deployment started years ago and several transition mechanisms have been proposed by the IETF ngtrans working group to help networkers choose the appropriate migration strategies. Among others, the tutorial will be presented by: Bernard Tuy, Renater - G6, France Mohsen Souissi, AFNIC - G6, France ------------------------------------------------------------------------