DNS stub resolver currently binds primarily on 127.0.0.53 which it then uses as nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf stub generated. This supports only one address family, which generally should not be an ...

The issue arises when trying to determine if an IpAddr is coming from localhost in a mixed IPv4/IPV6 environment. In my opinion, this behavior should either be clearly documented in the standard ...

Like it or lump it, you're going to need to add IPv6 to your network. Here's how to start. Some people still think they don’t need to worry about the growing shortage of Internet IPv4 addresses and ...

There are a few culprits that regularly contribute to delayed or failed IPv6 deployment projects, such as poor DNS planning, insufficient testing, unanticipated application behavior, and poor IPv6 ...

The IP address 127.0.0.1, commonly referred to as the localhost or loopback address, serves a unique purpose in networking. It allows a computer to reference itself rather than communicate with other ...

Let’s take a long hard look at an IPv6 address. Amazon supply IPv6 addresses with their EC2 cloud computers. When you fire up an EC2 virtual machine, you get an IPv6 address like this.

It may be nearly three years since the world officially exhausted all of the available IPv4 internet addresses, but now a new initiative has been proposed that could free up hundreds of millions of ...