ipv6 considerations

[quickcreative]

What consideration should be given to existing web sites regarding IPV6?

Are there particular areas that should be considered for testing/modifications?

For example, I assume anything that stores IP addresses may be affected. Software that is being used to analyse logs such as the Apache access log may be affected.

[TrafficProducer]

I'm sure code will be developed to work around such issues as logs, etc. Remember the Millenium bug panic (http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4GGLL_en-GBGB378GB379&ei=ENXrS-iXHomM0gTkloDfBw&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&ved=0CB8QBSgA&q=Millenium+bug+panic&spell=1), this issue was fixed and no aroeplains crashed ot of the skys (http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4GGLL_en-GBGB378GB379&q=%22Millenium+bug+aeroplane+crash%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=) because of it, so far as I know :)

IPv6 The New Internet protocol (http://www.acomputerportal.com/ipv6_the_new_internet_protocol.html) (My own page, (may/may not) have), some links that may help.

[TrafficProducer]

I'm now skeptical and not sure what will be the effect of using ipv6 for IP. :confused: Even I don't know the technique clearly. Can anyone help me?

The Basics only:

If you are old enough 'phone numbers used to be about only 5 numbers long, because only a few users had telephones.

Now thy have to be 6 or 7 numbers long, without area codes, because many more people have telephones.

Similar for internet address, (URL, etc); the used 1pv4, four groups of numbers to represent the address,but now with so many it is needing 1vp6 6 groups of numbers for the website addresses.