From May 25th to 29th, the IPv6 Latin American Forum of IPv6 - FLIP6 and the annual meeting of the IPv6 Task force for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC IPv6 TF) were held in the city of Panama (Panama) within the framework of LACNIC XII http://www.lacnic.net/en/eventos/lacnicxii/
These meetings were developed with a very varied agenda which included important collaborators from the region and special guests from other regions, as it can be seen at: http://www.lacnic.net/en/eventos/lacnicxii/flip62009.html.
A highlight of those meetings was that, as a result of the call launched in the list for the presentation of works, two participants of the region were able to make their presentations.
In order to close the event, Raul Echeverria from LACNIC made a presentation about the history of our LAC IPv6 TF, indicating the importance of the constitution of IPv6 TF in different countries and how simple it can be.
We want to thank all those who collaborated in making possible this new edition of FLIP6 and LAC IPv6 TF, the first level speakers who captivated the audience, and those who presented works for the region, showing that the Latin American and the Caribbean region is faithful to the conviction of taking the transition ahead.
Mariela Rocha
LAC IPv6 TF Moderator
The field ‘Total Lengh’which is part of the IPv4 header, is not found in the IPv6 header. Its function was to count the size of the packet payload plus the size of a variable lenght header. As the IPv6 header has a fixed size, the presence of this field is unnecessary.