Hurricane Electric’s new iPhone app that shows a countdown to when all the IPv4 numbers will be depleted was recently featured at The Web Host Industry Review. From the Article:
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.
