IPv6

IBM® Security Network Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) protects IPv6 networks from attacks. Any special considerations that are related to IPv6 support are noted in the online help for the appliance.

IPv6 is replacing IPv4 as the standard Internet Protocol. As you prepare your networks for the transition to IPv6 traffic, you can configure the Network IPS appliance to support IPv6 traffic while it continues to support IPv4 traffic.

The appliance supports IPv6 addresses for the following features:
  • User-defined events
  • Protection domains
  • Connection events
  • Quarantine rules
  • Response filters
  • Firewall rules
  • High availability
  • Management interfaces
  • Agent Manager for SiteProtector™
  • SNMP notifications (informs and traps)
  • NTP servers
  • Flow data event collectors
  • Security Incident Event Managers (SIEMs) to receive Log Event Extended Format (LEEF) logs