InfoWeapons is among the global leaders in next-generation, fully IPv6-compliant Internet products that enable customers to make the rapid transition to IPv6. What began from a 10 square meter spare bedroom in 2002 is now an accomplished technology company specializing in highly secure, intuitive, and reliable dual-stack networking appliances.

Like many of today’s high-tech success stories -- HP, Apple, Google -- InfoWeapons began at its founder's home. Lawrence E. Hughes, who has
35 years extensive ICT security experience, conceptualized the company in early 2002, and with the help of Luis Gopez, started operating in
2004.

As a successful technopreneur and co-founder of CipherTrust that produced the world's top anti-spam and email security, Mr. Hughes envisioned
InfoWeapons to pioneer Internet security on a global scale by producing products that emphasize built-in (not bolted on) security and simplicity.

Existing security systems are far too complex for most people to understand or use. InfoWeapons products, on the other hand, are designed to hide as much as possible the complex technical aspects “under the hood” so that even relatively unsophisticated users can use them securely. They are intended to fit into existing systems as smoothly as possible, with intuitive interfaces that encourage people to use them. InfoWeapons incorporates a military approach to security called "defense in-depth". Each product is built with multiple layers of security to guard against failure of a single security component, delaying the advance of an attacker and buying time for the administrator to respond effectively.

Compared to technology companies that are only now beginning to produce IPv6 products, InfoWeapons has focused its resources and research on IPv6 from its inception. Its head start in this area is so considerable that its research facility is one of only six centers in the world officially accredited to certify other products as IPv6-ready. Every InfoWeapons product not only guarantees it works in the Second Internet, it gets you there.

InfoWeapons’ culture encourages free cooperative interaction between and among all personnel at all levels. Its management team includes some of the best minds from relevant fields, who together with the lowest ranking software developer, adhere to the company slogan: "Giving you the means to defend yourself in cyberspace."

Headquartered in Dulles, Virginia with research centers in Asia, InfoWeapons is a privately funded corporation.

Company Logo

InfoWeapons' logo includes a graphic featuring the string "::1". This is actually a valid and very basic IPv6 address – the “loopback” address. It is the functional equivalent to the IPv4 address "127.0.0.1". All IPv6-capable devices have this loopback address. It is truly universal and fundamental in the IPv6 world, thus uniquely suitable as a way to associate InfoWeapons with IPv6.