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08:26 ET PHOENIX, Ariz. & MADISON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10,
2002--Global Crossing Ltd. (NYSE: GX.N):
-- Global Crossing's FreeIPdb software tool will help conserve
IPv4 address space until IPv6 is globally deployed.
-- Tool available free to ISPs and other organizations that
assign IP address space.
-- Software downloadable at http://www.freeipdb.org/; support
also provided.
-- Developed for IPv4, FreeIPdb will work with IPv6.
Global Crossing Ltd. (NYSE: GX.N) announced today that it is making
available to Internet service providers (ISPs) and other organizations
a free software tool that can help them manage and assign Internet
Protocol (IP) address space to customers more efficiently. The
decision to offer the FreeIPdb tool free-of-charge -- along with
support services -- stems from Global Crossing's participation in an
effort by the global IP engineering community to prolong the life of
the current IPv4 system until the next-generation IPv6 system becomes
broadly available.
The current IPv4 address space consists of 4.6 billion IP
addresses worldwide. Nearly half of the current address space has been
assigned, and IPv4 addresses could be depleted by the year 2005 or
2006. Many ISPs do not have an efficient algorithm to assign these
numbers to their customers. This has resulted in a global effort
within the IP engineering community to promote conservation and the
most efficient distribution possible until IPv6 is widely available.
FreeIPdb is a flexible, sophisticated software tool that creates a
streamlined allocation process and provides a method for easily and
accurately auditing existing address space usage, which enhances the
ability of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) tables to manage router
information. The tool was developed in 2000 by Ben April, a Global
Crossing network engineer, and has been used by the company to
allocate more than 2 million IP addresses in parcels that range in
size from twoto four addresses up to thousands of addresses in the
most mathematically conservative way possible.
"IPv4 addressing is an increasingly scarce resource," said Zeus
Kerravala, Senior Analyst at The Yankee Group. "Global Crossing's Free
IPdb software tool offers a unique functional capability on a global
scale that enhances the efficiency of IP addressing and IP management,
putting more control back into the hands of the service provider."
ISPs and other organizations that assign IP address space to
internal or external business units can download FreeIPdb at
http://www.freeipdb.org/. Support for the tool is being provided by
April and Paul Benjes, director of Global Crossing's access planning
and implementation group, via the Web site.
"The FreeIPdb tool has been a boon to our IP network routing,"
said John Legere, chief executive officer of Global Crossing. "We're
pleased to make it available to help the entire IP community get
maximum advantage from IPv4 as IPv6 is being globally deployed."
IP addresses under IPv4 are 32-bit numbers often expressed as four
octets in "dotted decimal" notation. Three registry services are
responsible for overseeing the allocation of IP address space. The
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) distributes IP address
space in the U.S. Reseaux IP Europees Network Coordination Centre
(RIPE NCC) currently serves Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Asia
Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) supports the Asia/Pacific
region. These nonprofit entities receive IP addresses from the
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), and in turn provide them
to ISPs. IANA is affiliated with the Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names & Numbers (ICANN), which is responsible for overall management
of IP address space and domain names.
Benjes and April, who are active in global IP engineering
organizations such as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and
the North American Network Operators' Groups (NANOG), recognized the
impact that widespread use of FreeIPdb would have. "We distributed
e-mail within the IP engineering community to determine if there was
interest in the tool. In two days, we received more than 60 requests
-- people were begging for the tool," said April.
In addition to enabling ISPs to manage distribution of IP
addresses to their customers more efficiently now, FreeIPdb is
engineered to work with IPv6. "The smallest routable block (IP address
block that can be used independently by a customer) in IPv6 is 322
times larger than all of IPv4 address space. It is therefore crucial
that good tools exist to deal with the assignment and allocation of
that space. There would be no need to create a new tool or adapt
FreeIPdb when IPv6 is available," said April.
ABOUT GLOBAL CROSSING
Global Crossing Ltd. (NYSE: GX.N) provides telecommunications
solutions over the world's first integrated global IP-based network,
which reaches 27 countries and more than 200 major cities around the
globe. Global Crossing serves many of the world's largest
corporations, providing a full range of managed data and voice
products and services. Global Crossing operates throughout the
Americas, Europe, and provides services in Asia through its
subsidiary, Asia Global Crossing (NYSE: AX.N). Global Crossing provides
integrated telecommunications solutions, including network
outsourcing, to large global enterprises. Please visit
www.globalcrossing.com or www.asiaglobalcrossing.com for more
information.
Statements made in this press release that state the Company's or
management's intentions, beliefs, expectations, or predictions for the
future are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements
are subject to a number of risks, assumptions and uncertainties that
could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from
those projected in such forward-looking statements. These risks,
assumptions and uncertainties include: the ability to complete systems
within currently estimated time frames and budgets; the ability to
compete effectively in a rapidly evolving and price competitive
marketplace; changes in the nature of telecommunications regulation in
the United States and other countries; changes in business strategy;
the successful integration of newly-acquired businesses; the impact of
technological change; and other risks referenced from time to time in
the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
--30--ec/la*
CONTACT: GLOBAL CROSSING
John Schmidt, + 1 973-410-8466, Press Contact
john.schmidt@globalcrossing.com
Ken Simril, + 1 310-385-5200, Analysts/Investors Contact
investors@globalcrossing.com
KEYWORD: ARIZONA NEW JERSEY INTERNATIONAL EUROPE ASIA PACIFIC
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS INTERNET SOFTWARE
SOURCE: GLOBAL CROSSING
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Copyright 2002, Business Wire
GX نازلة مع ان الخبر عليها زين
08:26 ET PHOENIX, Ariz. & MADISON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10,
2002--Global Crossing Ltd. (NYSE: GX.N):
-- Global Crossing's FreeIPdb software tool will help conserve
IPv4 address space until IPv6 is globally deployed.
-- Tool available free to ISPs and other organizations that
assign IP address space.
-- Software downloadable at http://www.freeipdb.org/; support
also provided.
-- Developed for IPv4, FreeIPdb will work with IPv6.
Global Crossing Ltd. (NYSE: GX.N) announced today that it is making
available to Internet service providers (ISPs) and other organizations
a free software tool that can help them manage and assign Internet
Protocol (IP) address space to customers more efficiently. The
decision to offer the FreeIPdb tool free-of-charge -- along with
support services -- stems from Global Crossing's participation in an
effort by the global IP engineering community to prolong the life of
the current IPv4 system until the next-generation IPv6 system becomes
broadly available.
The current IPv4 address space consists of 4.6 billion IP
addresses worldwide. Nearly half of the current address space has been
assigned, and IPv4 addresses could be depleted by the year 2005 or
2006. Many ISPs do not have an efficient algorithm to assign these
numbers to their customers. This has resulted in a global effort
within the IP engineering community to promote conservation and the
most efficient distribution possible until IPv6 is widely available.
FreeIPdb is a flexible, sophisticated software tool that creates a
streamlined allocation process and provides a method for easily and
accurately auditing existing address space usage, which enhances the
ability of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) tables to manage router
information. The tool was developed in 2000 by Ben April, a Global
Crossing network engineer, and has been used by the company to
allocate more than 2 million IP addresses in parcels that range in
size from twoto four addresses up to thousands of addresses in the
most mathematically conservative way possible.
"IPv4 addressing is an increasingly scarce resource," said Zeus
Kerravala, Senior Analyst at The Yankee Group. "Global Crossing's Free
IPdb software tool offers a unique functional capability on a global
scale that enhances the efficiency of IP addressing and IP management,
putting more control back into the hands of the service provider."
ISPs and other organizations that assign IP address space to
internal or external business units can download FreeIPdb at
http://www.freeipdb.org/. Support for the tool is being provided by
April and Paul Benjes, director of Global Crossing's access planning
and implementation group, via the Web site.
"The FreeIPdb tool has been a boon to our IP network routing,"
said John Legere, chief executive officer of Global Crossing. "We're
pleased to make it available to help the entire IP community get
maximum advantage from IPv4 as IPv6 is being globally deployed."
IP addresses under IPv4 are 32-bit numbers often expressed as four
octets in "dotted decimal" notation. Three registry services are
responsible for overseeing the allocation of IP address space. The
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) distributes IP address
space in the U.S. Reseaux IP Europees Network Coordination Centre
(RIPE NCC) currently serves Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Asia
Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) supports the Asia/Pacific
region. These nonprofit entities receive IP addresses from the
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), and in turn provide them
to ISPs. IANA is affiliated with the Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names & Numbers (ICANN), which is responsible for overall management
of IP address space and domain names.
Benjes and April, who are active in global IP engineering
organizations such as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and
the North American Network Operators' Groups (NANOG), recognized the
impact that widespread use of FreeIPdb would have. "We distributed
e-mail within the IP engineering community to determine if there was
interest in the tool. In two days, we received more than 60 requests
-- people were begging for the tool," said April.
In addition to enabling ISPs to manage distribution of IP
addresses to their customers more efficiently now, FreeIPdb is
engineered to work with IPv6. "The smallest routable block (IP address
block that can be used independently by a customer) in IPv6 is 322
times larger than all of IPv4 address space. It is therefore crucial
that good tools exist to deal with the assignment and allocation of
that space. There would be no need to create a new tool or adapt
FreeIPdb when IPv6 is available," said April.
ABOUT GLOBAL CROSSING
Global Crossing Ltd. (NYSE: GX.N) provides telecommunications
solutions over the world's first integrated global IP-based network,
which reaches 27 countries and more than 200 major cities around the
globe. Global Crossing serves many of the world's largest
corporations, providing a full range of managed data and voice
products and services. Global Crossing operates throughout the
Americas, Europe, and provides services in Asia through its
subsidiary, Asia Global Crossing (NYSE: AX.N). Global Crossing provides
integrated telecommunications solutions, including network
outsourcing, to large global enterprises. Please visit
www.globalcrossing.com or www.asiaglobalcrossing.com for more
information.
Statements made in this press release that state the Company's or
management's intentions, beliefs, expectations, or predictions for the
future are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements
are subject to a number of risks, assumptions and uncertainties that
could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from
those projected in such forward-looking statements. These risks,
assumptions and uncertainties include: the ability to complete systems
within currently estimated time frames and budgets; the ability to
compete effectively in a rapidly evolving and price competitive
marketplace; changes in the nature of telecommunications regulation in
the United States and other countries; changes in business strategy;
the successful integration of newly-acquired businesses; the impact of
technological change; and other risks referenced from time to time in
the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
--30--ec/la*
CONTACT: GLOBAL CROSSING
John Schmidt, + 1 973-410-8466, Press Contact
john.schmidt@globalcrossing.com
Ken Simril, + 1 310-385-5200, Analysts/Investors Contact
investors@globalcrossing.com
KEYWORD: ARIZONA NEW JERSEY INTERNATIONAL EUROPE ASIA PACIFIC
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS INTERNET SOFTWARE
SOURCE: GLOBAL CROSSING
Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet
with Hyperlinks to your home page.
URL: http://www.businesswire.com
Copyright 2002, Business Wire