Internet minister Ed Vaizey has called on businesses to start preparing for IPv6 adoption now so that they are not adversely affected by the transition. Speaking at the Move Over IPv4 (Bring on IPv6) event in London on Tuesday night, Vaizey issued a call to arms to the entire technology sector to work together to ensure that the UK does not lag behind on the issue.
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In the earlier RIPE Labs article 6to4 – How Bad is it Really? it was noted that that roughly 15% of 6to4 connections fail. More specifically we saw a TCP-SYN, but not the rest of a TCP connection. In this article we take a closer look at why 6to4 connections fail, specifically the interplay between 6to4 and firewalls.
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On 8 June, 2011, IPv6 will take a test flight on what has been designated World IPv6 Day.
Google, Facebook, Yahoo, and others will offer their content over IPv6 for a 24-hour trial run with the goal of shedding an early light on potential glitches and ensuring a smooth transition to IPv6.
The transition to a new protocol that will support a virtually unlimited number of devices on the Internet is currently underway. Whereas IPv4 uses 32 bits for each IP address and can support 4,294,967,296 addresses, IPv6 uses 128-bit addresses to support approximately 340 undecillion unique number sequences (that’s 340 with 36 zeroes after it).
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Someday the United States will run out of three-digit telephone area codes and will be forced to add a digit. As Vint Cerf explains in the introduction, the Internet is facing a similar situation with its address structure. Often predicted and long ignored, the problem is now real. We have run out of 32-bit IP addresses (IPv4) and are moving to the 128-bit address format of IPv6. This section looks at some strategies of organizations that are making the transition. The strategies that work tend to be those that focus on specific applications or Web sites rather than trying to convert an entire organization.
Dutch organisation SURFnet has created a document that looks in depth at how they deployed IPv6 across their network. Intended for network architects and network managers implementing IPv6 in their organisations, the document has been translated by the RIPE NCC and is available online.
Unless you have been living under a rock, you should know by now that the IPv4 address pool is exhausted and you need to start using IPv6. In fact, you may even be convinced. How can you get your network connected to the growing IPv6 capable Internet, ideally in time for World IPv6 Day?
Start with your Internet service provider (ISP). Although not every ISP currently provides IPv6 service, the list grows in proportion to customer demand. Free, Comcast, and Softbank are just some examples of prominent ISPs who have large scale public IPv6 trials and rollouts. Even if your ISP has not announced an IPv6 plan, contact them. You might be able to become early adopter on an unannounced trial.
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The following organisations are joining the Internet Society in actively participating in World IPv6 Day.
This page lists companies who have made public commitments to participate in this event and links to any material they may be offering to accompany their participation. Check back here for updates with additional details on participants in this event.
Google (www.google.com; www.youtube.com)
Facebook (www.facebook.com)
Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com)
Akamai
Limelight Networks …
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Any IP networking class worthy of your money teaches IPv4 and IPv6 as equally important versions of IP. Is there anything of importance left for an IPv6 advocacy group to do?
Yes! There is still much to do, and industry activity related to IPv6 has only begun. Broadband service providers certainly understand the business drivers for IPv6 and are (for the most part) aggressively planning for it. The same goes for carriers and upper-tier ISPs. IPv6 has long been available on most operating systems and major routers, although feature parity with IPv4 is atypical.
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I love a car with a nice V6 under the bonnet…
Good for you, but IPv6 has nothing to do with cars. It actually stands for Internet Protocol version 6, the name for the next-generation IP addressing system that will eventually replace the IPv4 standard.
What’s that all about then?
Well, the internet works by moving small packets of data around the network as defined by an international communications protocol – the internet protocol.
Each device connected to the internet has an IP address. The packets of data contain the IP addresses of the devices they are being sent from and to, which is how they end up in the right place.
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Most people don’t think too much about the technology underlying the Internet. They just want videos to play, pages to appear and e-mail to work. Behind the scenes, however, big changes are under way. They will affect the Internet at its most fundamental level. It’s good to have a basic knowledge of these changes. This way, you can decipher what’s true and not when you’re out surfing the Web….
…The Internet is upgrading to the IPv6 addressing system. Every computer, smart phone and Web-connected gadget has an Internet Protocol address. The IP address identifies these gadgets online, allowing them to communicate. Currently, IP addresses are governed by Internet Protocol version 4, or IPv4. This provides roughly 4.3 billion addresses.
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