House of CardsEntries tagged as ipv6
Saturday, May 17. 2008
IPv6 now! (says OECD)
by Fredy Künzler
Even the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) preaches now IPv6! ... and I guess when official institutions start to worry, it's serious. Functionaries usually don't tend to be fast movers.
I recently asked a fellow service provider about his IPv6 plans, and the answer was a bit ignorant: "noone is paying me to implement IPv6, therefore I don't have a project". Looking back to the early days of the Internet, a lot of research and test-implementations have been done withouth payment, and it became the foundation of a whole industry. Money should not be the focus when evaluating IPv6, at least for another year or so.
I gave a presentation at the recent SwiNOG #16 meeting about implementing IPv6 in a providers backbone. In fact, IPv6 is much easier than people generally think. If you are a network professional, everything you know about BGP, subnetting, OSPF etc. is still valid, at least more or less.
If you plan to deploy IPv6 anytime soon, click through the slides, they might be helpful (or download the IPv6 Now! presentation):
Even the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) preaches now IPv6! ... and I guess when official institutions start to worry, it's serious. Functionaries usually don't tend to be fast movers.
I recently asked a fellow service provider about his IPv6 plans, and the answer was a bit ignorant: "noone is paying me to implement IPv6, therefore I don't have a project". Looking back to the early days of the Internet, a lot of research and test-implementations have been done withouth payment, and it became the foundation of a whole industry. Money should not be the focus when evaluating IPv6, at least for another year or so.
I gave a presentation at the recent SwiNOG #16 meeting about implementing IPv6 in a providers backbone. In fact, IPv6 is much easier than people generally think. If you are a network professional, everything you know about BGP, subnetting, OSPF etc. is still valid, at least more or less.
If you plan to deploy IPv6 anytime soon, click through the slides, they might be helpful (or download the IPv6 Now! presentation):
Wednesday, May 7. 2008
IPv6-only hour at RIPE #56
by Fredy Künzler
Notes about the IPv6-only hour over there at blogg.ch. Yes, it works (more or less).
P.S. Peter, sorry. You have to bother translate.google.com again.
Notes about the IPv6-only hour over there at blogg.ch. Yes, it works (more or less).
P.S. Peter, sorry. You have to bother translate.google.com again.
Saturday, May 3. 2008
Less than 1000 days left to IPv4 exhaustion
by Fredy Künzler
Quoting Mike Leber of he.net:
...at least I included the IPv4 exhaustion counter here ...
PS: we can deliver IPv6 feed, too.
Quoting Mike Leber of he.net:
Since nobody mentioned it yet, there are now less than 1000 days projected until IPv4 exhaustion:Mike, you're right. Please tell us again in 500 days
http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/
Do you have an IPv6 plan?
How long do you think it will be until Sarbanes Oxley and SAS 70 auditors start requiring disclosure of IPv4 exhaustion as a business continuity risk, as well as the presence or lack thereof of an IPv6 plan?
When do you plan on telling your customers? (afterwards?)
Ahhh, you don't have any customers that have to plan to buy equipment 2 years in advance. Ok, I understand.
Mike.
ps. 1000 days assumes no rush, speculation, or hoarding. Do people do that?
pps. Of course these are provocative comments for amusement.
ppps. Or not if you don't have any kind of IPv6 plan. Sorry, sorry...
...at least I included the IPv4 exhaustion counter here ...PS: we can deliver IPv6 feed, too.
