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Existing Internet protocols were not designed for today’s [[Internet]], where the [[trustworthiness]] of [[user]]s cannot be assumed and where high-stakes, [[mission-critical]] [[application]]s increasingly reside. Malicious users exploit the weakness of existing Internet protocols to achieve [[anonymity]] and use that [[anonymity]] as a safe haven from which to launch repeated [[attack]]s on their victims. |
Existing Internet protocols were not designed for today’s [[Internet]], where the [[trustworthiness]] of [[user]]s cannot be assumed and where high-stakes, [[mission-critical]] [[application]]s increasingly reside. Malicious users exploit the weakness of existing Internet protocols to achieve [[anonymity]] and use that [[anonymity]] as a safe haven from which to launch repeated [[attack]]s on their victims. |
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Latest revision as of 06:36, 19 February 2017
Definition[edit | edit source]
The Internet Protocol is
| “ | [a] formal set of conventions (both semantic and syntactic) governing the format and control of interaction among parts of the system that communicates with each other.[1] | ” |
| “ | a set of procedures in a telecommunications network that terminals or nodes in that network use to send signals back and forth and that track the address of nodes, route outgoing messages, and recognize incoming messages. | ” |
Overview[edit | edit source]
The existing Internet Protocol (Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4)) — supports a maximum of 4.3 billion IP addresses, limiting the number of devices that can be given a unique IP address to connect to the Internet.
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the next generation of the Internet Protocol (IP). IPv6 will provide the Internet with one billion-squared IP addresses, which should suffice for many years.
Vulnerabilities[edit | edit source]
Existing Internet protocols were not designed for today’s Internet, where the trustworthiness of users cannot be assumed and where high-stakes, mission-critical applications increasingly reside. Malicious users exploit the weakness of existing Internet protocols to achieve anonymity and use that anonymity as a safe haven from which to launch repeated attacks on their victims.