Cyberoam has assured of trusted security solution for organizations transiting to IPv6 transition of “IPv6 Ready” Gold logo which certifies Cyberoam’s ability to identify and process IPv6 traffic.
IPv6 is an acronym for “Internet Protocol Version 6”, which is the next-generation protocol that will replace the current version Internet Protocol, IP Version 4 (IPv4).
Till now, IPv4 served the so-called computer market with a main focus on connectivity of computers in the large business, government or education markets.
“The next phase, Cyberoam said, “is likely to see demand from markets like the mobile personal computing gadgets and the equipment control market to be networked, resulting in an exponential growth of devices that will need to be connected over the Internet in future.
Hinting on what to ask the vendor with an IPv6 Ready Claim, Cyberoam refered to a recent publication which disclosed that, “The global internet routing based on 32-bit addresses of IPv4 is becoming increasingly strained and the Internet will eventually run out of network numbers. IPv6 increases the IP address size from 32 bits to 128 bits, increasing the number of unique IP addresses from 4.3×109 to 3.4×1038
“The “IPv6 Ready” logo is a result of 3000+ rigorous test cases which are a part of an International Testing Program. The tested product needs to pass 100% each of the appropriate conformance and interoperability test assertions. Only on fulfilling these stringent criteria is a product certified as “IPv6 Ready” and awarded a logo.
“Compliance with IPv6 has become mandatory in government and other enterprises. In fact, countries like Japan, India, United States, China, France, Spain, Australia and Malaysia have already taken steps in this direction to become “IPv6-enabled” nations”.
Thus, the next phase of global connectivity will witness unprecedented demands from mobile personal computing gadgets and telemetry solutions, resulting in an exponential growth of devices that will need to be connected over the Internet.
“The global internet routing based on 32-bit addresses of IPv4 is becoming increasingly strained and the Internet will eventually run out of network numbers. Even the age-long conservative role of NATing is becoming unsustainable. Cyberoam has taken a bold dive into the future to learn the curves and bends that IPv6 journey will encounter and has repositioned the UTM to be truly future-proof, the Company noted.
The Cyberoam’s Gold logo of Beta-1 Version has full IPv6 support with other features like support of Dual Stack architecture (Both IPv4 and IPv6); tunnels: 6in4, 6to4, 6rd, 4in6 and IPv6 based DNS and DHCP Services;
Others include security feature-Firewall Policies; DoS and Spoof Prevention and IPv6 support in Logging and Reporting.