Testing shows IPv6 is becoming deployable in customer edge routers

The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) hosted its third IPv6 Customer Edge (CE) Router Interoperability Test Event the week of November 7-11, 2011. The event brought together users and suppliers of CE Router equipment in order to gain perspective on the current status of interoperability against the Internet Engineering Task Forces (IETF) Basic Requirements for IPv6 Customer Edge Routers (document draft-ietf-v6ops-6204bis-02).

During the IPv6 CE Router event the UNH-IOL used publically routable IPv6 addresses, allowing participants to connect to the global IPv6 Internet. The eight participating vendor companies tested a total of 12 distinct CE Router implementations throughout the week. Participants included Actiontec, Broadcom, Cisco, D-Link, Lantiq, Motorola Mobility, and Time Warner.

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2011-12-19 09:16:43, Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ipv6ActNow/~3/J2ySrj9JXqc/

IPv6 task force makes steady progress

The New Zealand IPv6 Task Force is pleased to announce that New Zealands public sector is making steady progress towards greater adoption and usage of IPv6 the next generation Internet protocol.

The finding follows a series of interviews conducted by the Task Force with a swath of SOEs, Crown entities, core government agencies and tertiary / research institutes.

The key takeaways from the report are:

Awareness of IPv6 and of IPv4 exhaustion is high in the government and wider state sector.

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2011-12-19 09:15:53, Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ipv6ActNow/~3/9AfJCQz62Fw/

Google IPv6 internal network delivers benefits

In a project that has taken longer than company engineers anticipated, Google is rolling out IPv6 across its entire internal employee network.

Google network engineer Irena Nikolova discussed the company-wide implementation at the Usenix Large Installation System Administration (LISA) conference, being held this week in Boston. There, she shared some lessons that other organizations might benefit from as they migrate their own networks to the next generation Internet Protocol.

From the experience, Google has learned that an IPv6 migration involves more than just updating the software and hardware. It also requires buy-in from management and staff, particularly administrators who already are juggling too many tasks. And, for early adopters, it requires a lot of work with vendors to get them to fix buggy and still-unfinished code. We should not expect something to work just because it is declared supported, the paper accompanying the presentation concluded.

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2011-12-19 09:14:54, Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ipv6ActNow/~3/SM3FiHFGy10/

MINTIC and Renata organize the II Seminar for IPv6 Deployment Policies in Colombia

With the support of 6DEPLOY and other organizations, the Colombian Government has organized a seminar in Bogota, as part of the dissemination of the policies for the national adoption of IPv6.
Complete info available at the 6DEPLOY site.

2011-12-18 20:58:36, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=8255

IPv6: Get ready for the transition?and avoid becoming obsolete

Much of our current thinking about networking for physical security systems lags behind the advances of technology. Because advancements come more rapidly every year, it is no longer sufficient to base our thinking on ?the latest technology.?
Complete info at SecurityInfoWatch.

2011-12-18 20:21:54, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=8254

Tor experiments with IPv6

With the alpha version 0.2.3.9 of Tor, the anonymity software, Tor clients can now connect to private bridges using IPv6.
Complete info at The H.

2011-12-18 20:19:23, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=8253

V6 World Congress to be held on Feb 2012

The Internet continues to grow beyond the capabilities of IPv4. An expansion in the address space is clearly required. With its increase in the number of available prefixes and addresses in a subnet, and improvements in address management, IPv6 is the only real option on the table. Yet, IPv6 deployment requires some effort, resources, and expertise.
Complete info at MediaMugHals.

2011-12-18 20:11:25, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=8252

Hurricane Electric's IPv6 Evangelist and Director of Professional Services to Teach IPv6 Certification and Training with Internet Society Hong Kong

Two-day training course will give attendees the tools necessary to properly deploy IPv6.
Complete info at MarketWatch, MyHostNews and Sys-Con.

2011-12-18 20:09:24, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=8251

6connect and Europe's Regional Internet Registry Offer Integrated Web Services API

First Integrated IP Address Management Platform Provides Automated Subnetting with RIPE.
Complete info at MarketWatch, Benzinga and EON.

2011-12-18 20:05:24, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=8250

ONF: OpenFlow 1.2 Marks Big Step Forward for Software Defined Networking

ONF approves its first major update, adding IPv6 support and increasing experimenter and protocol flexibility to facilitate cloud development.
Complete info at MarketWatch, Benzinga and Virtual-Strategy.

2011-12-18 19:57:48, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=8249