IPv6 Act Now

A new software offering launched today aims to address backward compatibility problems that have kept IPv6 from being more widely adopted. The offering, ZebOS Rapid Deployment from IP Infusion, is based on IPv6rd specifications that allow IPv6 traffic to transit traditional IP networks that use IPv4 by encapsulating IPv6 packets into IPv4 packets. (The “rd” suffix stands for “rapid deployment.”)

Some industry experts have been predicting the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses. Yet an August 2009 study from Arbor Networks showed that only about 1% of Internet traffic used IPv6. Backward incompatibility problems are believed to be the main reason more network operators have not made the move to IPv6.

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