“After releasing the first public betas of iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 this week, Apple has further detailed its new IPv6 support,” Owen Williams reports for TNW.
“As IPv4 addresses run out, the shift to the more abundant IPv6 protocol is becoming increasingly important,” Williams reports. “In a message to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) mailing list, David Schinazi, an engineer on Apple’s CoreOS Networking team, said that the platforms now both use ~99% IPv6 connections, up from 50% in iOS 8 and OS X 10.10.”
“The change is thanks to an updated version of the ‘Happy Eyeballs’ algorithm that automatically detects and chooses the protocol based on whichever responds fastest,” Williams reports. “When the updates are released, it could mean more IPv6 traffic for websites and app builders, with Schinazi saying that ‘if this behavior proves successful during the beta period, you should expect more IPv6 traffic from Apple products in the future.'”
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