Security has been one of the selling points for the new Internet protocol, but IPv6 is not inherently secure, say those planning its implementation. "The biggest challenge we have of the next decade or so is security," Latief Ladid, president of . . .
Security has been one of the selling points for the new Internet protocol, but IPv6 is not inherently secure, say those planning its implementation. "The biggest challenge we have of the next decade or so is security," Latief Ladid, president of the IPv6 Forum, said today at the U.S. IPv6 Summit in Arlington, Va. The Internet Engineering Task Force is still working on IPv6 security elements and "many of them need to be tested in the real world," said security consultant Richard Graveman.

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