Outline
The Internet is built on the foundations of the Internet Protocol
(IP). The current version of IP is named IPv4 after its version
number. The total number of devices that IPv4 can identify is limited
to about 4.3 billion. It's hard to see the Internet becoming the
foundation of a true, universal communications infrastructure when
this number is compared to the human population.
In fact, it is expected that the entire address space of IPv4 will
be exhausted by around 2008. So, address assignment/allocation is
currently being carried out under a very restrictive policy. NAT
(Network Address Translator) was introduced as a temporary solution,
resulting in the loss of some of the original functionality of the
Internet.
The principles of the Internet are end-to-end and bidirectional
communication. This means every node can communicate with every
other node freely without any restrictions caused by intermediate
nodes. Since NAT broke these principles, it became difficult for
unexpected novel applications to appear in the current environment
of the Internet.
To resolve the exhaustion of IP addresses, extending its address
space is a straightforward solution. IPv6, the next generation of
IP, provides a huge number of IP addresses and makes NAT obsolete
allowing the Internet to recover its original principles.
IPv6 is a paradigm recovery for applications. After deploying IPv6
and recovering end-to-end/bidirectional communication, we cannot
imagine what kind of applications will appear.
This conference will introduce the current deployment status of
IPv6 throughout the world. Also, panel discussions are planned,
both on "How IPv6 will Change Business" and on "Case Studies: Making
the Change to IPv6".
Getting Internet people together, including those who are involved
in IPv6 activities and IPv4 business and management, we intend to
discuss the future of Internet business and the direction of engineering.
This conference will be beneficial for everyone including, but not
limited to, engineers, researchers, network managers and business
people. We would like to invite each of you to participate. |
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