Abstract
Cloud computing has dramatically reshaped the whole IT industry in recent years. With the transition from IPv4 to IPv6, services running in Cloud computing will face problems associated with IPv6 addressing: the notation is too long (39 bytes), there are too many variants of a single IPv6 address and a potential conflict may exist with conventional http_URL notation caused by the use of the colon (:). This paper proposes a new scheme to represent an IPv6 address with a shorter, more compact notation (27 bytes), without variants or conflicts with http_URL. The proposal is known as dot-base62x as it is an IPv6 address with Base62x and uses the well-known period (or dot) as a group delimiter instead of the colon. The relative merits and demerits of other works that predate this paper have been reviewed and critically evaluated. Cloud computing, as a continuously emerging mainstream of network-based applications, is likely to be a forerunner in the use of IPv6 as the base protocol. As a result, Cloud computing will benefit most from the new, compact and user-friendly textual representation of IPv6 address proposed by this paper.
Highlights
Cloud computing paradigm has emerged as an energy- efficient, fault-tolerant and on-demand approach which enables ubiquitous network accesses to a shared pool of flexibly reconfigurable computing resources
Cloud computing relies on the infrastructure of Internet; as a consequence, it will be significantly affected by the transition from current IPv4 to generation IP version 6 (IPv6)
It is unpredictable that how many systems and applications will be affected by this incompatibility. Bearing these issues in mind and considering the increasing demands of cloud computing, this paper introduces a novel scheme to present an IPv6 address in Base62x with period delimiters as used in IPv4
Summary
Cloud computing paradigm has emerged as an energy- efficient, fault-tolerant and on-demand approach which enables ubiquitous network accesses to a shared pool of flexibly reconfigurable computing resources. Servers, storage, applications and services can be rapidly deployed with minimal management input or service provider interaction [1]. It is marketed as a fast, low cost method for small and medium-size business to setup an online presence. Cloud computing relies on the infrastructure of Internet; as a consequence, it will be significantly affected by the transition from current IPv4 to generation IPv6. Efficient networking infrastructure it is unlikely that cloud computing would be able to develop. It is anticipated that there will be a protracted period of change and that dual-stack IP networking will be utilised for a considerable time
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