Secure64 Releases Version 2.5 of DNS Caching Software

DNS software company, Secure64 Software Corporation, released a new version of its popular caching software appliance, Secure64 DNS Cache v2.5.

As stated, this new version provides support for DNS64, an emerging standard that provides service providers a simple way to transition to IPv6 networks.

DNS also claims Secure64 DNS Cache as the first carrier-grade product to offer support for DNS64.

"Service provider revenue growth is driven by the ability to offer services to more and more consumer devices," said Steve Goodbarn, chief executive officer at Secure64, in a press release.

"Because IPv4 addresses are exhausted, service providers are embracing IPv6 in order to support new 4G smart phones, tablets and other IP-enabled devices. This is forcing organizations to make a difficult decision about the network architecture they will use to support both IPv4 and IPv6 – a decision that can have disastrous, long-term consequences if the wrong decision is made. The emerging DNS64 standard enables the transition to IPv6 while eliminating the costs and risks of other approaches. We are pleased to offer the first DNS caching product that supports DNS64," Goodbarn added.

Other than supporting DNS64, Secure64 DNS Cache now offers added capabilities which includes; disable AAAA queries that come over IPv4 transport; refresh expiring 'cached' data to decrease latency on queries; non-stop restarts to help eliminate downtime when the server must be restarted. This feature allows service providers to more easily achieve five nines of availability; views, a feature that allows service providers to return different answers to different clients without having to run multiple servers.

Secure64 offers a suite of DNS products for caching, signing and authoritative use. Each product is said to leverage the company’s SourceT micro OS, making them resistant to high volume network attacks while maintaining 100 percent performance and availability, as substantiated by third-party testing. Secure64 DNS Cache was first released in December of 2009. Since that time, the product has been selected for use by several tier one service providers. Secure64 DNS Cache is part of a suite of fully secure DNS products for caching, signing and authoritative use.

Last year, TMCnet reported that LGS Innovations, a U.S. government subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent (News - Alert) and Secure64 Software completed testing of a joint solution that improves internet security.