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For a decade, IPv6 proponents have pushed this upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol because of its three primary benefits: a gargantuan address space, end-to-end security, and easier network administration through automatic device configuration.

A group of local enterprises and universities have adopted a new form of integrated appliance to simplify the management of fundamental network services.

Increasingly popular social-networking sites such as MySpace, YouTube and Facebook are accounting for such huge volumes of DNS queries and bandwidth consumption that carriers, universities and corporations are scrambling to keep pace.

IP address management vendor Infoblox is making available an appliance designed to help IT managers provide network services such as DNS and DHCP to distributed branch locations.

BlueCat Networks released Monday upgraded versions of its DNS / DHCP and IP address-management appliances, which now manage both IPv4 IPv6 environments.

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Misconfigured DNS and DHCP servers can result in unavailable network services and cost companies money. Yet a recent survey shows the technology and best practices around IP address management rank low on many network managers' to-do lists.

More than half of the Internet's name servers are configured incorrectly, leaving networks vulnerable to pharming attacks and enabling servers to be used in attacks that can wipe out DNS infrastructure.

Companies installing VOIP may get the quality of service and capacity of their networks right, but are likely to overlook the knock-on effects on supporting identity infrastructure such as DHCP and DNS, according to Infoblox.

When the Atlanta Journal-Constitution needed to share stories, photos and other editorial content with 15 sister publications in the Cox Newspaper family, network engineer Layne Meier didn't look into updated WAN technologies, but worked with the other Cox Newspaper papers to make sure all were integrated into an existing IP address management system.

For many IT organizations, the holidays provide a welcome respite from the constant chaos of the rest of the year. (Not so if you work in retail, of course.) Many employees are on vacation, so the office is quiet and there are fewer interruptions. Corporate policy may rule out major configuration changes, but there's time to attend to long-deferred maintenance and documentation.