Hi Sander, Am 10.12.2014 um 14:11 schrieb Sander Steffann:
I fully agree that there is need for public awareness for IPv6 deployment. However, I think there are better ways for causing awareness and get people talking about IPv6 etc than doing this in address policy.
I would suggest that we ask the RIPE NCC to increase their outreach to LIRs that don't have any IPv6 address space, explain the need for IPv6 deployment, promote the trainings provided by the RIPE NCC etc. Just because a RIPE policy doesn't require an LIR to request IPv6 space anymore doesn't mean that the RIPE NCC cannot promote IPv6, especially if we as a community ask them to.
I would love to see the RIPE NCC doing more to promote IPv6. I've visited training courses a few months ago; and I was told that it's our job as LIRs to promote IPv6 to our customers. In my opinion that sounds quite reasonable; the RIPE NCC can only reach the LIRs; the LIRs are the ones that can improve their customers awareness. Therefore I would say that the RIPE NCC needs the help of as much LIRs as possible to be able to increase general IPv6 deployment. Mike had a very good example with a cake and vegetables: It might be an annoyance if you have to eat more vegetables in order to get a piece of cake; but, if mothers in general wouldn't care about their children's nutrition a lot of us folks would end up eating fast food all the time and in the end suffering from several severe diseases. Regards, Stefan