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Tutorial: IPv6

2007-03-25 13:00
2007-03-25 15:00
Etc/GMT+2

A discussion about the status of IPv6 deployment in policy, ISP and DNS operator environments. Three short presentation will be followed by a discussion between the panelists and participants, both at the meeting venue and participating through the chat and comment functions on this web site.

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What it is: A 90 minute panel discussion focusing on the status of IPv6 deployment in Europe and the surrounding areas in policy, ISP and DNS operator environments.

Why it's important: Although IPv6 production addresses have been used since 1999, deployment is not widespread and most ISP networks do not support it yet. IPv6's larger address space is necessary to support the rapidly increasing numbers of Internet users across the globe.

Who should attend: People interested in an information and communication infrastructure with a capacity to grow beyond the current IPv4 space; and People interested in the rate of IPv6 deployment, structural deployment issues or address availability.

Agenda

Time
Description
Speaker(s)
13:00
Leo Vegoda
13:05
Alex Le Heux, RIPE NCC
13:25
IPv6 deployment in the DNS
João Damas, Internet Systems
Consortium
13:45
Gert Döring, SpaceNet AG
14:05
Questions and follow-up points from panelists
All panelists
14:15
Panel and floor discussion
Panel and all attendees

By kieren.mccarthy at 2007-03-10 20:21 | | | login or register to post comments | calendar

Ask a question and join the discussion

All the presentations have been published on the main meeting schedule page. Please feel free to download and review them before the session. If you already have a question for a particular panelist, the panel as a whole or for the participants in the session and will be participating remotely then please post it here so that it can be answered during the session.

By Leo Vegoda at 2007-03-24 16:59 | login or register to post comments

IPv6 Deployment

IPv6 clearly has a chicken and egg problem. There is little motivation
(or ROI) for being an early deployer since there are few IPv6 peers to
communicate with. However, I'm sensing increased interest in IPv6
(especially since the start of this year) in response to the
following: 1) a recognition that IPv4 address exhaustion of free pool
will happen, and relatively soon (i.e., 2011, give or take); 2) USG
mandates requiring USG agencies to have an operational IPv6 network by
June, 2008, and 3) the general availability Microsoft Vista, which is
completely IPv6-enabled out-of-the box.

Do any of the panelists see any change in the landscape w.r.t. IPv6
deployment/demand?

By Thomas Narten at 2007-03-25 12:40 | login or register to post comments

Plan B

What happens if IPv6 isn't widely deployed by the time the
available IPv4 address pool becomes exhausted? Is there a plan B?

By Thomas Narten at 2007-03-25 12:42 | login or register to post comments

Re: Plan B

Increased deployment of NAT (not that I'm recommending this, just making the observation that this would be the most likely alternative to IPv6).

By David Conrad at 2007-03-25 13:25 | login or register to post comments