Google Public DNS

Google opens a public DNS server with easy to remember IPs and reported faster performance. Point your machine to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.

http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/

Big Changes Coming To The CCIE R&S Lab

Cisco has announced revisions to the CCIE R&S lab. Changes will happen on October 18th. Revisions include:

* IOS 12.4t
* MPLS
* Troubleshooting Lab

* EIGRP for IPv6

* Multicast for IPv6

* Zone Based Firewalls

* IOS IPS

* Router IP Traffic Export (RITE)

* IOS Embedded Event Manager

Here are links to the new blueprints for written and lab.

https://cisco.hosted.jivesoftware.com/docs/DOC-4374

https://cisco.hosted.jivesoftware.com/docs/DOC-4375

Google: IPv6 is easy, not expensive

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/032509-google-ipv6-easy.html

Internet Engineering Community Regrets Not Making IPv6 Backwards Compatible With IPv4

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/032509-ipv6-mistake.html?hpg1=bn

Cisco to take on VMWare?

It looks like Cisco has a big announcement next week about virtualization.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/031109-ciscos-data-center-push-holds-promise.html

Google May Invent Their Own Router?

According to the SDTimes blog, Google may take away Juniper's largest customer.

http://www.sdtimes.com/blog/post/2009/01/05/Google-To-Doom-Juniper.aspx