Windows IPv6 Implementation for other OSs

• IPv6 for Macintosh

  Most services in Mac OS X Server support Internet Protocol version 6, or IPv6. To support the industry wide IP transition, Mac OS X Server includes an IPv4-to-IPv6 gateway that enables the deployment of IPv4-based server services in IPv6 networks.

  IPSec is a set of general-purpose protocols for protecting TCP/IP communications. Its network-layer cryptography mechanism provides privacy using data and packet-header encryption, integrity and packet-origin authentication, and key management. Although part of the IPv6 standard, IPSec can also be used with IPv4.

• IPv6 for Unix
  • AIX

    AIX 4.3 ships with an IPv6 implementation built in. Please see the AIX web site and your system documentation for details.

    IBM has been the leading participant in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and played key roles in the efforts that produced the IPv6 standard. IBM technologists continue to lead in the enhancement of this standard’s evolution today. IBM has been a long time supporter of IPv6. In 1997, IBM distributed an IPv6 enabled UNIX system (AIX). IBM is strategically enabling key products with IPv6 capability to meet demands of the next generation internet.

    IBM is taking a systems-level view of IPv6 by providing end-to-end solutions that include appropriate application, middleware, hardware and service offerings to take advantage of the expanded functionality IPv6 enables. The exact timing of product enhancements will depend on individual product release schedules and marketplace dynamics.

  • IRIX

    SGI is planning to provide an IPv6 stack in IRIX. Customers having a software support contract can apply for beta software at ipv6support@engr.sgi.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

  • Linux

    Linux kernels version 2.2 and above ship with an IPv6 implementation built in. See the Linux web site and your system documentation for details.

    See also this site Linux IPv6 HOWTO to see some document to help you get started.

  • Solaris

    Solaris 8 ships with an IPv6 implementation built in. Migrating to IPv6 on the Solaris OS is extremely easy, because no code changes are needed if TCP/IP sockets are programmed as recommended by Sun, using POSIX compliant getaddrinfo() and getnameinfo() function calls. This style should work unchanged on other POSIX compliant operating systems such as Linux, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Vista, Server 2003/2008, and so on.

  • HP-UX

    Hewlett-Packard is offering "HP-UX 11i IPv6". This is a fully supported product release.

    The HP ProCurve IPv6 Fundamentals course provides a basic introduction to the next generation Internet Protocol.