IP over HTTPS ("IP-HTTPS", "MS-IPHTTPS") is a Microsoft
network tunneling protocol. The IP-HTTPS protocol transports
IPv6
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the most recent version of the Internet Protocol (IP), the communication protocol, communications protocol that provides an identification and location system for computers on networks and routes traffic ...
packets across non-IPv6 networks. It does a similar job as the earlier
6to4
6to4 is an Internet transition mechanism for migrating from Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) to version 6 (IPv6) and a system that allows IPv6 packets to be transmitted over an IPv4 network (generally the IPv4 Internet) without the need to co ...
or
Teredo tunneling
In computer networking, Teredo is a transition technology that gives full IPv6 connectivity for IPv6-capable hosts that are on the IPv4 Internet but have no native connection to an IPv6 network. Unlike similar protocols such as 6to4, it can perf ...
mechanisms.
Microsoft preference when deciding between transition protocols
Microsoft used to discourage IP-HTTPS use because it was slow.
For
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012, codenamed "Windows Server 8", is the sixth version of the Windows Server operating system by Microsoft, as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. It is the server version of Windows based on Windows 8 and succe ...
, Microsoft changed the internal workings of the protocol, and IP-HTTPS is now the "preferred IPv6 transition technology" for their
"DirectAccess" VPN technology.
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References
External links
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Network protocols
IPv6 transition technologies