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

4 Byte Autonomous System Numbers

Starting Jan 1 2009 Arin will allocate 4 Byte ASNs by default, 2 Byte ASNs by request only.

http://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html#five1

Cisco support documented here.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/iproute/configuration/guide/irp_bgp_overview.html#wp1055927

Network World Chat on IPv6

These guys try to present a business case for running IPv6.

http://www.networkworld.com/cgi-bin/mailto/x.cgi?pagetosend=/export/home/httpd/htdocs/chat/archive/2008/091108-ipv6-strategies-chat.html&pagename=/chat/archive/2008/091108-ipv6-strategies-chat.html&pageurl=http://www.networkworld.com/chat/archive/2008/091108-ipv6-strategies-chat.html&site=lanwan

Policy Change to Payment for CCIE Labs

As of September 6th Cisco will require payment for CCIE lab dates 90 days in advance. Click the link for the official post.

http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/announcements/index.html#policypayment

Complete lack of Interest in IPv6

Less than 1/100th of 1% of the traffic on the internet is IPv6...

http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2008/08/the-end-is-near-but-is-ipv6/

FBI Fears Chinese Hackers and/or Government Agents Have Back Door Into US Government & Military Computer Networks

FBI investigating sources of counterfeit Cisco equipment, read the slide show here, to see some of the sources.

Cisco Router As A Linux Server?

Cisco is enabling the ISR routers to run custom or third party applications on the AIM module, or a Network module. Check out the link for more...

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9701/index.html