IPv6, Act Now!Daniel Karrenberg, RIPE NCC Chief Scientist

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The Five Regional Internet Registries

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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

IPv4 Allocation TimelineIANA Pool RIR Allocations Advertised RIR Pool

Data Projection

Today

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Production Grade IPv6 Now !

• Regional Internet Registries will start turning down requests for IPv4 addresses in 2011

• Networks need to continue growing

• Deploy production grade IPv6 now !– The time for excuses is over

– The time for experiments is over

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What does an IPv6 allocation cost?

• /32 = 1 scoring unit

• /31 = 2 scoring units

• points = ∑(2010-1992)x(scoring unit) =18x1+...

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Category Points Fee 2010

Extra Small 0 - 16 € 1300Small - 111 € 1800

Medium - 936 € 2550Large - 7116 € 4100

Extra Large > 7116 € 5500

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IPv6 RIPEness – Total Membership

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No IPv667%

4 stars10%

3 stars7%

2 stars5%

1 star10%

1 star 2 stars 3 stars 4 stars No IPv6

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IPv6 RIPEness – Your Neighborhood

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1 star 2 stars 3 stars 4 stars No IPv6

54% Germany

62% France

65%Belgium

23%

Netherlands

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IPv6 enabled ASes in global routing

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7%

13%

20%

27%

33%

40%

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

All Belgium France Germany Netherlands

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Google’s IPv6 Stats

• Notice the recent acceleration of “native”

• Still too slow

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Some Real World Examples

• Deploy production grade IPv6 now !– The time for excuses is over

– The time for experiments is over

• It can be done !

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Some Real World Examples

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Wikileaks Mirrors

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Some Real World Examples

• heise online– Major German IT Site

– Operating www.six.heise.de since 2009

– Switched on IPv6 on main site for 24 hours in September 2010

– Very few problems, decided to keep it switched on!

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Some Real World Examples

• xs4all– Dutch Internet Service Provider (ISP)

– 270,000 customers

– Offering IPv6 as standard to home users since August 2010

– Only 1.5% of customer base opted in by November 2010

– “Customers don’t want to spend much effort”

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Marco Hogewoning, XS4ALL

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Some Real World Examples

• Hetzner– Major German Hosting Provider

– Offering IPv6 at no additional cost for severs

– Set-up extremely easy

– IPv6 connectivity production grade

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Daniel Karrenberg, 14 December 2010

Production Grade IPv6 Now !

• Regional Internet Registries will start turning down requests for IPv4 addresses in 2011

• Networks need to continue growing

• Deploy production grade IPv6 now !– The time for excuses is over

– The time for experiments is over

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Questions?