[AusNOG] Fwd: World IPv6 Day

[Narelle]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Bill Walker <bill at wjw.co.nz> wrote:
>  Seems relevant.
>
>  June 8, 2011
>  http://isoc.org/wp/worldipv6day/
>  http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/011211-world-ipv6-day.html?hpg1=bn


Thanks for the plug Bill.

We are looking at what ISOC-AU may do locally, and will send details
out once finalised. We will be hosting a members only event with Vint
Cerf later in January, where I expect the topic will come up.

I've appended the full announcement below.

We also run a technical IPv6 discussion list:
http://lists.ipv6.org.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ipv6tech

quite a few useful deployment issues get aired there, and there are
some great people on board to assist.

Cheers


Narelle Clark
vice-president at isoc-au.org.au



Major Websites Commit to 24-Hour Test Flight for IPv6


“World IPv6 Day” to take place on June 8, 2011



GENEVA, SWITZERLAND and RESTON, VIRGINIA, USA – 12 January 2011 –
Facebook, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO), websites with
more than one billion combined visits each day, are joining major
content delivery networks Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) and Limelight Networks
(NASDAQ: LLNW), and the Internet Society, for the first global-scale
trial of the new Internet Protocol, IPv6. On June 8, 2011, dubbed
“World IPv6 Day,” participants will enable IPv6 on their main services
for 24 hours. With IPv4 addresses running out this year, the industry
must act quickly to accelerate full IPv6 adoption or risk increased
costs and limited functionality online for Internet users everywhere.
The companies are coming together to help motivate organizations
across the industry—Internet service providers, hardware
manufacturers, operating system vendors and other web companies—to
prepare their services for the transition.

The Internet Society is supporting World IPv6 Day as part of its
efforts to accelerate IPv6 deployment. “2011 is a pivotal year in IPv6
deployment, and World IPv6 Day will prove to be an important
milestone,” commented Leslie Daigle, the Internet Society’s Chief
Internet Technology officer. “By providing an opportunity for the
Internet industry to collaborate to test IPv6 readiness we expect to
lay the groundwork for large-scale IPv6 adoption and help make IPv6
ready for prime time. The greater the scope of the trial, the more
effective it will be for all participants so we wholeheartedly welcome
additional participants.”

IPv6, the successor to the protocol currently used on the Internet,
was designed in the late 1990s but has not seen deployment on a global
scale. With IPv4 address space running out, the industry cannot afford
to wait much longer.

Vint Cerf, Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist and co-inventor of the
TCP/IP protocol stack, commented, "In the short history of the
Internet, the transition to IPv6 is one of the most important steps we
will take together to protect the Internet as we know it. It's as if
the Internet was originally designed with a limited number of
telephone numbers, and we're soon going to run out." Google has
offered a separate IPv6-only version of search on ipv6.google.com
since early 2008, and during World IPv6 Day the company will enable
IPv6 for its main websites, including www.google.com and
www.youtube.com.

Given the diversity of technology that powers the Internet, the global
nature of the trial is crucial to identify unforeseen problems.
“Participating in World IPv6 Day will allow us to obtain real-life
data that we can use to ensure a seamless user experience as we
transition to IPv6,” said Adam Bechtel, Vice President for Yahoo’s
Infrastructure Group. “We welcome this opportunity to collaborate with
the technical community and provide leadership in addressing the
scaling challenges facing the Internet.”

World IPv6 Day marks a key milestone in enabling more and more
computers and smart phones to come online. As more of the world moves
online, IPv6 will be critical for the Internet to reach its full
potential as a catalyst for growth, innovation and economic
prosperity. IPv6 provides over four billion times more addresses than
IPv4, which will help connect the billions of people not connected
today.

Facebook views the rollout of IPv6 as a critically important step to
keep the world connected. “As an industry, we're working together to
ensure future generations continue to have open and direct access to
the Internet as we do today," said Jonathan Heiliger, Vice President
of Technical Operations at Facebook. "The number of web-connected
devices is exploding, and World IPv6 Day is a crucial step in ensuring
they can all communicate."

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), a leading provider of cloud
optimization services, will enable customers to participate in World
IPv6 Day. "IPv6 adoption is still in its infancy," said Harald Prokop,
Senior Vice President of Engineering at Akamai. "We stand ready to
support customers through this important trial, and believe that early
planning and testing will ensure a smooth transition to IPv6." To
support the transition to IPv6, Akamai customers will be able to
seamlessly make their existing websites available via IPv6 without
requiring disruptive changes to their origin networking
infrastructure.

Tom Coffeen, Director of Global Network Architecture for Limelight
Networks, said, "As part of our ongoing commitment to IPv6, Limelight
Networks today is actively delivering customer content over the
world’s first fully IPv6-compliant content delivery service. We are
pleased to participate in World IPv6 Day to encourage the adoption of
IPv6 across the Internet and to transform address resource challenges
into innovation and competitive advantage for our customers."

One of the goals of World IPv6 Day is to expose potential issues under
controlled conditions and address them as soon as possible. The vast
majority of users should be able to access services as usual, but in
rare cases, misconfigured or misbehaving network equipment,
particularly in home networks, may impair access to participating
websites during the trial. Current estimates are that 0.05% of users
may experience such problems, but participating organizations will be
working together with operating system manufacturers, home router
vendors and ISPs to minimize the number of users affected.
Participants will also be working together to provide tools to detect
problems and offer suggested fixes in advance of the trial.

For more information about World IPv6 Day, how to get involved, and
links to useful information for users, visit
www.internetsociety.org/worldipv6day.

About the need for IPv6

IPv4 has approximately four billion IP addresses (the sequence of
numbers assigned to each Internet-connected device). The explosion in
the number of people, devices and web services on the Internet means
that IPv4 is running out of space. IPv6, the next-generation Internet
protocol, which provides over four billion times more space, will
connect the billions of people not connected today and will help
ensure the Internet can continue its current growth rate.

About the Internet Society

The Internet Society is a non-profit organisation founded in 1992 to
provide leadership in Internet-related standards, education and
policy. It is dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution
and use of the Internet for the benefit of people throughout the
world. See www.internetsociety.org

Leslie Daigle
Chief Internet Technology Officer
Internet Society
daigle at isoc.org