New Internet Protocol Passes 13-Day Test

By VINCENT KIERNAN

A 13-day test of a new communications system for the Internet that would expand the number of possible online addresses has shown that the technique would be reliable and secure. The passing grade could speed its acceptance, said officials from academe and industry.

The new communications system, called Internet Protocol version 6, or IPv6, could...

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