Selecting which /8 to allocate to an RIR

I’ve previously written about the problem with IPv4 /8s which have been used to number IP networks in an unofficial and improper way.

The problem is that the unofficial usage makes it more difficult for ISPs to bring these addresses into use when they are officially allocated and so less desirable. But we have to allocate IPv4 addresses to the RIRs as long as we still have them and they still request them. We just need to implement a mechanism to select which /8 is allocated to which RIR.

More from ICANN blog&

2009-09-10 08:53:11, Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ipv6ActNow/~3/J2gjbbRBX8E/

2010 could be the last year for IPv4 as we know it

Weve known we would run out of IPv4 addresses since 1981, when the Internet Protocol was standardized. The numbers dictate that there will never be more than 4,294,967,296 different IPv4 addresses. (4 billion and change being the number of combinations that can be made with IPv4s 32 address bits). Before 1993, addresses were given out in very large blocks because of technical limitations in routing protocols. This limitation was lifted, but around the same time, the Internet started to become more mainstream, requiring more and more addresses.

This was also the moment the IETF realized that at some point, wed run out of IP addresses. Its estimated date for the well to run dry was 2005. Although they got the year wrong, they were right about their notion that 32 bits wasnt enough for the decades to come.

More from ars technica&

2009-09-09 08:53:48, Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ipv6ActNow/~3/YsBo32JFqi4/

IPv6 Presentations

• Tony Hain (Cisco), Confronting the Reality of Emotional Denial and Grief
• Sean Siler (Microsoft), IPv6 Application Efforts within Microsoft
• Fred Wettling (Bechtel),Enterprise Challenges in Global IPv6 Implementation
• Joe Klein (IPv6 Security Researcher), IPv6 Security
• KK Chittimaneni (Google), Enterprise IPv6 at Google
• Igor Gashinsky (Yahoo), IPv6 at Yahoo!
• Angus Lees (Google), Global IPv6 Statistics
• Joe St Sauver (Internet2), If We Deploy IPv6, Will It Help or Hurt Our Security?
• David Farmer (University of Minnesota), IPv4 End-of-Life Proposals in the RIRs
• Mitsuru Kanda (University of Southern California/ISI), IPv6 Transition Experience
• David Meyer (Cisco Systems/University of Oregon), Its The End Of The World As We Know It (aka The New Internet Architecture)
• Fred Baker (Cisco), IPv4/IPv6 Coexistence and Transition

Source [ BCNet ]

2009-09-09 01:51:48, Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ipv6news/~3/iyTGJG2IbUA/

Juniper Networks new ipv6 features in E-Series

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR), the leader in high-performance networking, today announced new features on the E Series Broadband Service Router. Newly introduced features for the E Series include an advanced line module for the E320 Broadband Services Router and multiple IPv6 features that enhance existing service delivery capabilities.

The new IPv6 features for the E Series help promote seamless scaling with IPv6 support for dynamic subscriber interfaces, in-service software upgrades and DHCPv6 local pools for dynamic IPv6 address assignment over Ethernet. These new features work in conjunction with a broad set of currently supported IPv6 Broadband Service Routing features, including a unique dual-stack IPv6 and IPv4 capability, which facilitates increased investment protection migration to new, advanced revenue-generating services.

Source : [ Juniper Press Release ]

2009-09-08 22:30:53, Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ipv6news/~3/Hu9X0KFE29o/

Juniper Networks extends E series broadband service router with new feature portfolio

Juniper Networks, Inc. today announced new features on the E Series Broadband Service Router designed to significantly extend the flexible management, investment protection and revenue-generating capabilities. Newly introduced features for the E Series include an advanced line module for the E320 Broadband Services Router and multiple IPv6 features that enhance existing service delivery capabilities.

More from Wireless Business & Technology&

2009-09-08 15:30:48, Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ipv6ActNow/~3/3IRpRKWMTQM/

LSI delivers service-aware software for IPv6 broadband networks

LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced immediate availability of LSI(TM) Broadband Access Software Release 8.1 for the family of LSI APP communications processors. The new software supports the IPv6 protocol, including enhanced security and quality of service (QoS) management capabilities that are crucial to the effective delivery of services over IPv6, in addition to supporting IPv4 video, voice and data services.

Todays traffic management schemes must be able to prioritize network services so that network providers can deploy tiered customer services with multiple quality and price levels. LSI Broadband Access 8.1 enables tiered services in IPv6 networks by providing network managers with service-aware management tools such as subscriber flow isolation and dynamic priority modification. The software also provides sophisticated bandwidth-capping algorithms that optimize bandwidth allocation and reduce the need for constant capacity upgrades.

More from RedOrbit&

2009-09-08 08:15:06, Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ipv6ActNow/~3/MgiCc-j4Glo/

Sixy.ch: directory of IPv6 enabled web sites

Sixy.ch aims to be a directory of web sites that are accessible via IPv6. IPv6 is the next-generation Internet Protocol that solves the shortage of addresses with the current version, IPv4, and adds new features that facilitate end-to-end communication.

The deployment of IPv6 currently seems to be stuck in a chicken-and-egg situation: little content is accessible over IPv6, and content providers (web site owners) dont have an incentive to IPv6-enable their web sites because few people have IPv6 Internet access. On the other hand, as little web sites are accessible via IPv6 (and almost none only via IPv6), consumers arent demanding IPv6 support from their ISPs.

With Sixy.ch, those that already have IPv6 access know something to do with it, and web site owners get a (however small) incentive to make their web site future proof.

Source [ sixy.ch ]

2009-09-07 21:11:55, Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ipv6news/~3/I5YZwUhW6W4/

LSI Delivers Service-Aware Software for IPv6 Broadband Networks

LSI Corporation today announced immediate availability of LSI(TM) Broadband Access Software Release 8.1 for the family of LSI APP communications processors.
Complete info at FoxBusiness, RedOrbit and IBN.

2009-09-07 18:19:29, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=5268

Six key strategies to boost network efficiency

Network connectivity that is well planned and has the right features and settings implemented helps support critical business processes.
Complete info at CIOL.

2009-09-07 18:12:32, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=5267

Comment: The internet needs an extension

Axel Pawlik is managing director of RIPE NCC, one of five regional internet registries that administer and support the global operation of the internet.
Complete info at Wired.

2009-09-07 18:09:31, Source: http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/newsroom.php?id=5266