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Hexago Ports Quake III Arena to IPv6; Project Illustrates Application Porting for IPv6 Enabled GamingMONTREAL --(Business Wire)-- May 30, 2006 -- Hexago, the leading provider of IPv6 deployment solutions, today announced that the popular gaming application, Quake III Arena, has been ported to IPv6, the next generation Internet protocol and the basis of the new Internet. Hexago's Quake III porting project is a practical example of application porting demonstrating how existing applications can use IPv6. In addition, the project is the first of its kind to demonstrate the advantages of IPv6 for the gaming industry. An important step in the deployment of IPv6 networks is to make sure existing applications can use the new protocol. Today's applications must be adapted in order to support IPv6 properly, which may require a significant amount of time depending on the complexity and size of the applications. The Hexago Quake III porting project benefits developers who have an application to port that is written in C and who seek to determine the steps involved and estimate the amount of work required to port the application to IPv6. The Hexago Quake III porting project also illustrates the advantages for IPv6 for gaming. Using IPv6, a gamer behind a NAT can start his or her own server without going through the process of configuring port forwarding on the NAT device. IPsec can also be used, if needed, to secure the connections. For a game developer, IPv6 presents an opportunity to offer true peer-to-peer multiplayer games without investing in massive server infrastructure. "Through the Quake III porting project and white paper, public server for Quake III, and Freenet6 service, we are proud to extend a real world example of an IPv6 implementation to application developers," said Bruce Sinclair, Hexago President and CEO. For gamers and gaming developers who would like to test Quake III over IPv6, Hexago's Quake III server is at quake3.hexago.com, and the Hexago Quake III porting project page is http://www.hexago.com/index.php?pgID=52. Free IPv6 access is available through Hexago's Freenet6 service at http://www.hexago.com/index.php?pgID=step1. About Hexago Hexago is a leading IPv6 company that offers simple and cost-effective end-to-end deployment solutions by selling its expert services and commercial products to companies and organizations wishing to incorporate IPv6 compatibility or capabilities into their Internet products or services. Its customers include KDDI, France Telecom, AT&T, Teleglobe, United States Department of Defense's Defense Information Systems Agency, General Dynamics, BAE, Panasonic, Boeing and others. For more information, visit: http://www.hexago.com. |
