IPv6 can be used to automatically connect a host to a network using stateless
auto-configuration, doing away with the need for any IP addressing support
like a DHCP server.
In an IPv6 network, the IPv6 protocol includes information that can directly
configure a host. With IPv4 you either have to manually configure each host
or rely on a DHCP server to provide configuration information. With IPv6,
configuration information is integrated into the Internet protocol directly.
IPv6 autoconfiguration capabilities are known as stateless, meaning that it
can directly configure a host without the recourse to an external server.
Alternatively, DHCP is stateful, where the host relies on an external DHCP
server to provide configuration information. Stateless autoconfiguration has
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If one term could be applied to the new Fedora Core 5, it could well be
streamlined. The focus of this release seems to be more on the desktop user
because of the changes in software management, applications support, and
security configuration. The changes make the distribution much easier to use,
with a new and simpler install procedure. Greater software functionality has
been added wit... (more)
This article discusses the implementation details for the new device
management methods udev and HAL, now used on all Fedora Core 3 and 4 systems
for all devices. It's time to relearn how devices are managed!
On Fedora Core 4, device files are no longer handled in a static way. Instead
they're now dynamically generated as needed by udev and managed by HAL
(Hardware Abstraction Layer). Pre... (more)
With Fedora Core 4, Red Hat, for the first time, released its Global File
System (GFS) as an open sourced, freely available distributed network file
system. A distributed network file system builds on the basic concept of NFS
as well as RAID techniques to create a file system implemented on multiple
hosts across a large network, in effect, distributing the same file system
among differen... (more)
One of the more frustrating features of a Fedora Core installation is its
lack of popular multimedia and driver support as well as alternative
applications like Abiword. But, with a few simple steps you can easily access
a large collection of such software from your system using YUM.
Though Fedora Core 4 software is extensive, the available software has grown
so large that many packages c... (more)
Richard Petersen holds a M.L.I.S. in Library and Information Studies. He
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