MontaVista puts IPv6 support into latest Linux OS

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: PHIL HOCHMUTH ON LINUX
09/14/05
Today's focus: MontaVista puts IPv6 support into latest Linux
OS

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Today's focus: MontaVista puts IPv6 support into latest Linux
OS

By Phil Hochmuth

MontaVista Software released the latest version of its embedded
Linux software: MontaVista Linux Professional Pro Edition 4.0.
The new software, targeted to run real-time applications on
appliances, mobile devices and other non-traditional PC/server
equipment, includes the latest version of the Linux kernel -
2.6.10 - as well as support for several new interface types,
network protocols and improved processing capabilities.

The latest edition supports IPv6, the next-generation Internet
protocol that supports longer addresses, allowing for more
devices to run on a network. This support could help the
platform reach more Web-enabled mobile devices such as smart
phones and cellphones - vendors of such devices are planning to
build support of IPv6 into these gadgets.

For security, the latest MontaVista Linux Pro includes IPSec,
allowing for encrypted traffic tunnels and VPN connectivity to
real-time devices. Virtual LAN support is also added allowing
MontaVista-powered network devices to be connected to separate,
secure segments of a network.

In the guts of the operating system, improvements have been made
to the software's kernel scheduler and processor interrupt
handling; this should allow for better management of real time
processes and smoother running applications, the company says.

MontaVista's software - once known as hard-hat Linux - runs in
real-time equipment such as manufacturing process control
equipment, slot machines, satellites, digital video recorders
and other computer-based appliances. Users and developers of the
software have called it a cost-saving alternative to traditional
RTOS (real-time operating system) technology based on
proprietary tools and closed APIs.

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Phil Hochmuth is a Network World Senior Editor and a former
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