Support for dual IP layers, IPv4 and IPv6, enabling applications to operate over IPv4 and IPv6 simultaneously

Support for DHCP in addition to static IP addresses

Support for the Dynamic DNS protocol for publishing the system IP address to a name server

Flexible topologies over LANs and WANs

LAN resiliency

Integrated network management with the SNMP Agent

Support of classless network topologies and route aggregation

Support of multiple logical interfaces (local IP addresses) for a single network interface

Multihoming of an enterprise server

Network access control

Support of sockets

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) implementation, which supports the TLS version 1.0 and version 1.2 protocols

Support for the RFC 1006 protocol standard (enables OSI communication over a TCP/IP network)

TCP/IP distributed systems services (DSS), which are available to support your processing needs across a TCP/IP network

Support for TCP/IP end system security, which enables the system administrator to monitor and control data traffic to and from networked MCP systems

The system administrator can set up a security firewall by defining a set of Deny and Allow rules in an active rules file to specify which network traffic to allow or deny respectively. The TCP/IP security firewall has been enhanced to recognize IPv6 addresses.

Support for IP Security (IPsec) which secures network data at the IP layer. IPsec over IPv6 networks is supported; IPsec over IPv4 is supported on some systems but not on others. IPsec uses policies to define the security protection that is to be applied.

Support for Secure Shell (SSH) for ClearPath MCP which secures data at the application layer. Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), a remote command utility (SSHCLIENT), and SSH terminals are supported.