(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In its latest efforts to educate the public about Internet Protocol version 4 address space depletion, IPv6-native Internet backbone and colocation provider Hurricane Electric (www.he.net) has announced the availability of its free IPv4 countdown App for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
The majority of today’s Internet traffic is composed of 32-bit IPv4 transmissions, however, as the number of Internet-connected devices rapidly grows, IPv4 addresses will simply run out. According to Hurricane Electric’s Tuesday announcement, to avoid projected address-space depletion by 2011, IPv4 systems must be transitioned to the newer IPv6 protocol, which has a much larger address space, yet comprises only a very small percentage of all addresses.
“CIOs and network administrators cannot continue to postpone the transition to IPv6,” Hurricane Electric IPv6 strategy director Martin Levy said in a statement. “We hope that this iPhone App and the other tools we have developed will be a fun way to bring attention to a serious issue facing the networking community.” Hurricane’s iPhone App is also available as a webpage widget, an iGoogle gadget, a Google Desktop gadget and a Windows Vista gadget.
In addition to providing distinct, globally-routable addresses for all devices connected to the Internet, the IPv6 protocol also features network-layer security and simplifies certain network configuration tasks. In addition to its IPv6 service and advocacy, Hurricane offers free IPv6 certification for enterprises.
Hurricane Electric first deployed IPv6 on its global backbone in 2001, and the company now interconnects with more than 492 associated IPv6 backbones -almost twice as many as its nearest rival. Hurricane is one of the few global Internet backbones that is IPv6 native and does not rely on internal tunnels for its IPv6 connectivity.
Other companies have been switching their systems over to IPv6, including Secure64 Software Corporation (www.secure64.com), which received IPv6 Forum’s “IPv6 Ready” gold certification for its entire line of domain name system and DNS security extension products in May.
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