(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In an effort to bring its spam fighting capabilities to the next generation of the Internet, email filtering software vendor Roaring Penguin Software (www.roaringpenguin.com) has announced its support for Internet Protocol version 6, which is gradually replacing IPv4 as its address quickly run out.
According to its Thursday announcement, Roaring Penguin’s CanIt 6.1.0 software suite includes experimental support for IPv6. It can accept and deliver mail using SMTP over IPv6 and perform rule look-ups against IPv6 addresses and networks. All CanIt components can also use IPv6 for intra-cluster communication.
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 by 2011, according to some estimates if these devices are not weened off IPv4 to the newer IPv6 protocol, which has a much larger address space. It also adds many improvements to IPv4 in areas such as routing and network auto-configuration.
In educating the public about IPv4 depletion, non-profit Internet organisation RIPE NCC (www.ripe.net) launched “IPv6 Act Now,” (www.ipv6actnow.org) a website that explains the new Internet protocol in terms everyone can understand, and why all organisations should adopt IPv6. Also, last month, IPv6-native Internet backbone and colocation provider Hurricane Electric (www.he.net) created a free IPv4 countdown App for the iPhone and iPod Touch, which counts down the days until IPv4 addresses are gone.
In addition to Roaring Penguin, many companies have recently 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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