veripy: New Project to Support the Migration to IPv6

MWR InfoSecurity is delighted to announce the start of a new project that will see the development of new tools to help support the migration to IPv6.

MWR will be working closely with CPNI on this project, with the primary objective being confidence and assurance in the hardware and software products that are to support IPv6 networking moving forwards.

This confidence will be fundamental to the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 which will be complex, but is critical to the future of networking and IT in general.

The goal of the MWR development project will be to release an open source software tool that can be widely used to test the readiness of equipment to support IPv6 in line with the RIPE 501 specification (http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-501). It is anticipated that additional components will also be released, although details of these will be published during the project.

The project is aiming to publicly release the first version of the tool in March 2012 although, MWR will be engaging with equipment vendors during the project lifecycle to identify how best to support their testing activities in this area.

The home of the project online will be http://veripy.org/ where interested parties will be able to check on the project status and eventually download a copy of the tool for themselves.

During the project input will be sought from a variety of sources and participation in the future development of the tool will be welcomed.

If you are interested in learning more and finding out how you can help please check back to the veripy website which will contain details about how you can participate.