IT student nets cash prize

A cash prize of Lm250 has been awarded to David Bailey by the Malta Internet Foundation. Mr Bailey, who was reading for a BSc IT (Hons) degree at the University of Malta, was awarded the prize for his final year project called IPv6NST - a Network...

A cash prize of Lm250 has been awarded to David Bailey by the Malta Internet Foundation.

Mr Bailey, who was reading for a BSc IT (Hons) degree at the University of Malta, was awarded the prize for his final year project called IPv6NST - a Network Simulation Tool for IPv6.

The project was judged as demonstrating the use of IPv6 technology and to promote the take-up of IPv6 by the local internet community.

The foundation offers an annual prize for academic work making a significant contribution to internet technologies.

This year, the theme was IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6), a new protocol designed by the Internet Engineering Task Force.

The protocol resolves various problems faced by the old IPv4 protocol, notably the shortage of IP addresses, and offers improvements in areas such as routing and network auto-configuration.

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