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IPv6
IPv6, the new generation Internet Protocol is among the new technologies, which are being studied the most in the recent years. It is expected that issues such as the insufficiency of IP addresses, security, quality of service, mobility, multicasting and network management which frequently gave headaches to network managers shall be relieved to a large extent with the introduction of this new protocol. In ULAKBIM there is ongoing effort to follow up the global advances in the field of IPv6, to extend IPv6 applications on ULAKNET backbone, and to connect to the global IPv6 backbone. Within this scope, 2001:A98::/32 IPv6 address space has been obtained for ULAKNET from RIPE (the Regional Internet Allocation Organization) in 2001. IPv6 connection with GEANT, the European Academic Network has been completed as of June 2003 and ULAKBIM servers were made to support IPv6.
ULAK6NET Task Force [http://www.ipv6.net.tr] has been formed with the participation of the universities in order to widespread the use of IPv6 in universities, to create IPv6 documentation in Turkish and to pinpoint and propose solutions to the problems to be experienced in the process of transition to IPv6 in ULAKNET.
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