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Commercial IPv6 firewall support
by michael.dillon＠bt.com 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Some people have claimed that they cannot yet sell IPv6 Internet access because there is no IPv6 firewall support. According to this ICANN study: http://www.icann.org/committees/security/sac021.pdf this is not quite true. At least 30% of the 42 vendors surveyed, had IPv6 support. According to this talk <http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ecai6-2007/slides/2007-ECA-I6-Status -IPv6-Firewalling-PeterBieringer-Talk.pdf> many open-source and commercial firewalls supporting IPv6 are available. IPCop is based on Linux <http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?module=pnWikka&tag=IPCopScreenshots> m0n0wall is based on FreeBSD <http://m0n0.ch/wall/screenshots.php> pfSense is also based on FreeBSD <http://pfsense.com/index.php?id=26> FWBuilder is a management tool that builds filter setups for several different firewalls. <http://www.fwbuilder.org/archives/cat_screenshots.html> Checkpoint FW1 NGX R65 on SecurePlatform supports IPv6 FortiGate supports IPv6 in FortiOS 3.0 and up. Juniper SSG (formerly Netscreen) supports IPv6 in ScreenOS 6.0 and up. Cisco ASA (formerly PIX) supports IPv6 in version 7.0 and up. I suspect that the people complaining about IPv6 support are partially complaining because they have older hardware that the vendor does not plan to upgrade to IPv6 support until they have all features implemented in their newer products, and partially complaining because their vendor has not implemented some feature which they happen to use. Commercial firewall support may be lagging behind OS and router support, but not by much. And if commercial vendors are not responsive, maybe you should try pricing out an open source solution with a consultant. I believe there is a gap here that startup firewall companies could fill if they understand the enterprise market. --Michael Dillon

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OT? Ripe NCC posting on youtube
by ed 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Sorry if this is off topic or old news, but I saw this on the SCLUG mailing list. Truly excellent: http://uk.youtube.com/user/RIPENCC -- The 14.4 dialup to the PS2 is doing the twist because of a power outage. AOL is playing way too much Diablo II. :: http://www.s5h.net/ :: http://www.s5h.net/gpg

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Re: [address-policy-wg] Commercial IPv6 firewall support
by jwkckid1＠ix.netcom.com 29 Oct '07

29 Oct '07

Nick and all, Chiming in here as a kinda unusual occurance. I agree with Nicks assessment here unfortunately. Seems across a broad business spectrum a disinterest in IPv6 remains or presists. Given, what I believe to be an accurate essesment by Nick below, it would seem that a more concerted effort to make IPv6 more palatable in very short order is advisable. As to how to accomplish that, I do not know. -----Original Message----- >From: Nick Hilliard <nick(a)inex.ie> >Sent: Oct 27, 2007 9:25 AM >To: michael.dillon(a)bt.com >Cc: address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net, ipv6-wg(a)ripe.net >Subject: Re: [address-policy-wg] Commercial IPv6 firewall support > >> Some people have claimed that they cannot yet sell >> IPv6 Internet access because there is no IPv6 firewall >> support. According to this ICANN study: >> http://www.icann.org/committees/security/sac021.pdf >> this is not quite true. At least 30% of the 42 vendors >> surveyed, had IPv6 support. > >There is, of course, "support" and support when talking about any feature, >whether ipv6 related or not. > >As a useful example of what "support" implies, the "support" from one of my >firewall vendors includes basic support for ipv6 packet forwarding and >filtering, but no support for configuring this from the GUI. And no support >for failover / failback on ipv6. And no support for ospfv3. Or DHCPv6. Or >v6 support for VPNs. And so on - you get the idea. There are piles more >features which just aren't there if you use v6. In fact, I would suggest >that there is such a large functionality gap between their ipv4 and ipv6 >support right now, that even if they invested heavily between now and the >current expected dates for ipv4 exhaustion, I seriously doubt that they >would achieve feature parity, not to mind stability parity for these >features. > >I have talked to them about this, and their opinion is that there is no >commercial demand for ipv6, and therefore ipv6 feature parity is on the >feature roadmap. And indeed, it is difficult for the organisation I work >for to demand ipv6 support, when other companies can talk to their vendors >with a EUR100m firewall / networking contract going a-begging. I have >little doubt that this is the reason that MOP got re-enabled by default on a >certain router vendor's products. > > >Them: "We have EUR200m to spend and we want MOP enabled by default". >Vendor: "Three bags full, sir". > >Me: "I want to you spend $50m in development costs to support ipv6, and > then i'll buy some low end kit from you" >Vendor: <laughs hysterically> > >Open source solutions tend to fare better in this regard. Lots of people >may end up using them in a future ipv6 world, but you're not going to end up >seeing F500 companies stampeding to replace their current high-end solutions >with m0n0wall installations, just because they have more-or-less parity >support for ipv4 and ipv6. > >There's a more interesting discussion of this of this linked from: > >http://www.arin.net/meetings/minutes/ARIN_XX/ppm.html > >See the talk entitled "IPv6 Support Among Commercial Firewalls", by Dave >Piscitello. > >Nick > >-- >Network Ability Ltd. | Technical Operations | Tel: +353 1 6169698 >3 Westland Square | INEX - Internet Neutral | Fax: +353 1 6041981 >Dublin 2, Ireland | Exchange Association | Email: nick(a)inex.ie > 'Regards, Jeffrey A. Williams Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 277k members/stakeholders strong!) "Obedience of the law is the greatest freedom" - Abraham Lincoln "Credit should go with the performance of duty and not with what is very often the accident of glory" - Theodore Roosevelt "If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B; liability depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by P: i.e., whether B is less than PL." United States v. Carroll Towing (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947] =============================================================== Updated 1/26/04 CSO/DIR. Internet Network Eng. SR. Eng. Network data security IDNS. div. of Information Network Eng. INEG. INC. ABA member in good standing member ID 01257402 E-Mail jwkckid1(a)ix.netcom.com

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Re: [ipv6-wg] RIPE Community Resolution on IPv4 Depletion and Deployment of IPv6
by Andy Davidson 27 Oct '07

27 Oct '07

On 25 Oct 2007, at 10:55, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ wrote: > 1) Network operators and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are > called to the urgent deployment of IPv6 across their networks as > soon as possible. This deployment must include providing IPv6 > access to End Users and ensuring services are accessible by IPv6. I thought that yesterday's session was useful (I watched via the webcast), and that the publication of this resolution will send the right signals to decision makers - well done everyone. We have to remember that a lot of networks use only v4 PI, as this is the model typically deployed by end sites who rely on multihoming for performance or reliability reasons. Unless and until 2006-01 becomes approved, there is no migration path to v6 for these networks. We must ratify 2006-01 in order to strengthen the impact of the publication of this resolution. Best wishes, Andy Davidson -- :: http://www.localphone.com/ - Call Global, Pay Local :: /* opinions and thoughts expressed here are my own */

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RIPE Community Resolution on IPv4 Depletion and Deployment of IPv6
by JORDI PALET MARTINEZ 25 Oct '07

25 Oct '07

I don't think my comment was well understood today in the session, so I drafted how I think the community resolution should look. See below. English nits should be reviewed, but the main idea is that we start with a short kind of intro of the situation (those points from the original 5 that are generic), staying focus, keeping it short, but at the same time help each "kind of reader" to identify what is the paragraph that is *more* relevant to him. I also added a specific action for policy makers/regulators and one for users. I hope that, as very few people (in the list and session) has provided input on this, we are allowed to participate in the final drafting of the document. Not being a big group is possible to do it, as otherwise, will not really be a community resolution. Regards, Jordi At current allocation rates, the remaining pool of unallocated IPv4 address space is likely to be allocated within the next two to four years. Although the Internet will continue to function as normal after this point, this event will have a significant influence on future network operations as well as IP address management and allocation policies. Therefore we recognise that the widespread deployment of IPv6 will be essential to sustain future growth of the Internet. We recognise that the responsibility for creating policies related to the management of critical Internet resources in the RIPE NCC service region rests with the RIPE community and the proven success of the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP). In recognition of this responsibility, we commit to continue development of effective policies for the responsible management of IPv4 and IPv6 address space. We agree that this situation requires a committed effort from network operators, ISPs and the RIPE community. We urge that the widespread deployment of IPv6 be made a high priority. In addition to that, other sectors must take their own measures in order to success on this mission: 1) Network operators and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are called to the urgent deployment of IPv6 across their networks as soon as possible. This deployment must include providing IPv6 access to End Users and ensuring services are accessible by IPv6. 2) Vendors (hardware and software) are called to the urgent support of IPv6 support in their products, to make it possible for network operators and Internet Service Providers to provide these services. 3) Regulators and policy makers are called to make sure the relevance of the IPv6 support is considered in all their decisions, including as an immediate condition for public procurements. 4) Users must ensure, when acquiring new services, hardware or software, that it supports IPv6 (natively or by means of transition mechanisms). ********************************************** The IPv6 Portal: http://www.ipv6tf.org Bye 6Bone. Hi, IPv6 ! http://www.ipv6day.org This electronic message contains information which may be privileged or confidential. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information, including attached files, is prohibited.

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DRAFT: RIPE Community Resolution on IPv4 Depletion and Deployment of IPv6
by Gert Doering 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

Hello Address Policy Working Group, IPv6 Working Group, as announced yesterday on the APWG list, here's the first draft of the "we are going to tell the world what the RIPE community recommends regarding the end of IPv4 / advent of IPv6". The text has been drafted by the RIPE NCC, but the actual recommendation needs to come from "the community", so change whatever you think needs changing. Face-to-face discussion will take place in the APWG and IPv6 WG meeting on Thursday, October 25th. (Short discussion in APWG early morning, time to think about it during the day, final decision in the IPv6 WG meeting on Thursday afternoon). ----------------------- snip ----------------------- DRAFT - RIPE Community Resolution on IPv4 Depletion and Deployment of IPv6 RIPE 55: 22 - 26 October 2007 The RIPE community resolves as follows: 1) At current allocation rates, the remaining pool of unallocated IPv4 address space is likely to be allocated within the next two to four years. Although the Internet will continue to function as normal after this point this event will have a significant influence on future network operations as well as IP address management and allocation policies. Therefore we recognise that the widespread deployment of IPv6 will be essential to sustain future growth of the Internet. 2) We urge network operators and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to deploy IPv6 across their networks as soon as possible. This deployment must include providing IPv6 access to End Users and ensuring services are accessible by IPv6. 3) We recognise that the responsibility for creating policies related to the management of critical Internet resources in the RIPE NCC service region rests with the RIPE community and the proven success of the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP). In recognition of this responsibility, we commit to continue development of effective policies for the responsible management of IPv4 and IPv6 address space. 4) We agree that this situation requires a committed effort from network operators, ISPs and the RIPE community. We urge that the widespread deployment of IPv6 be made a high priority. ----- End forwarded message ----- Gert Doering -- APWG chair -- Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 122119 SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen) Tel: +49 (89) 32356-444 USt-IdNr.: DE813185279

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Agenda for ipv6 wg RIPE55
by David Kessens 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

During next RIPE meeting, our working group is scheduled to meet: Thu, Oct 25, 16:00 - 17:30 in Grand Ballroom, Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam The agenda became quite packed due to the last minute agenda item of a proposed community statement regarding the depletion of ipv4 and the deployment of ipv6. Note that this proposal will be discussed first in the APWG session in the early thursday morning session. I have included a link to the actual proposal in the agenda and you might want to take a look at it and the discussion that followed on the list after the first posting of the draft. Rather than cutting the discussion short, we might let the meeting run past the normal closing time of 17:30 but to no later than 18:00 (I usually ask for the afternoon slot so that we have a bit more flexibility with our time). See you all in Amsterdam, David Kessens --- Agenda for the IPv6 Working Group Meeting RIPE55 When: Thu, Oct 25, 16:00 - 17:30 Where: Grand Ballroom, Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam A. Administrative stuff - appointment of scribe - agenda bashing (David Kessens) B. Experience with ipv6 in the RIPE NCC network (Mark Guz, RIPE NCC) C. Two jokes, one and half proposal (IPv4->IPv6 transition in DSL environment) (Geza Turchanyi) D. Report(s) about *actual* v6 traffic volume as compared to v4? *what's real* out there, not what's on powerpoint? AMS-IX (Henk Steenman) & (input from the audience) E. Follow-up: Global IPv6 routing table status (discussion) (Gert Doering) F. RIPE Community Resolution on IPv4 Depletion and Deployment of IPv6 http://www.ripe.net/ripe/maillists/archives/ipv6-wg/2007/msg00047.html and follow-up mails on ipv6 and apwg mailing list (Gert Doering, David Kessens) G. Developments/initiatives regarding IPv6 in the RIPE region and beyond (input from the audience) ... Y. Input for the RIPE NCC Activity Plan (input from the audience) Z. AOB ---

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Call for Agenda Items & Draft Agenda (v1) for the IPv6 Working Group Meeting RIPE55
by David Kessens 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

During next RIPE meeting, our working group is scheduled to meet: Thu, Oct 25, 16:00 - 17:30 in Grand Ballroom, Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam To start with, I have prepared a draft agenda with all our standard items. However, to make this a successful meeting we will actually have to get more items on the agenda than just the standard topics. Please let me know if you have any suggestions for issues that need to be discussed. Note that we don't have a requirement for powerpoint or duration of your presentation: the important thing is that the issue to be discussed is relevant for the deployment of ipv6 in the RIPE service region. Thanks! David Kessens --- Draft Agenda (v1) for the IPv6 Working Group Meeting RIPE55 When: Thu, Oct 25, 16:00 - 17:30 Where: Grand Ballroom, Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam A. Administrative stuff - appointment of scribe - agenda bashing - approval of the minutes (David Kessens) B. Quick update from the RIPE NCC regarding ipv6 services (RIPE NCC) C. Follow-up: Global IPv6 routing table status (discussion) (Gert Doering) D. Report(s) about *actual* v6 traffic volume as compared to v4? *what's real* out there, not what's on powerpoint? (input from the audience) E. Developments/initiatives regarding IPv6 in the RIPE region and beyond (input from the audience) ... Y. Input for the RIPE NCC Activity Plan (input from the audience) Z. AOB ---

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Re: [ipv6-wg] IPv6 news - weekly summary
by David Kessens 28 Aug '07

28 Aug '07

Jordi, I have received the following comments on my request to provide input whether people believe that your "IPv6 news - weekly summary" is something that the working group participants would like to receive on the mailing list: Prefer not to receive your summary: Daniel Roesen Geoff Huston Marc Blanchet Roger Jorgensen Bernhard Schmidt Dominik Bay Gert Doering Edward Lewis (after deadline) Would like to receive your summary: Aleksi Suhonen Neutral: Mohsen Souissi Other comments: Philip Smith would consider your message acceptable if the MessageID was the same for all lists that you post the summary to I believe the results are quite clear and I would like to ask you to stop posting your weekly messages to the mailing list. As a courtesy to you and the people who did have an interest in your mails, feel free to post one more message where people can find the weekly summary on their own and/or contains the information so that people can subscribe on their own to a mailing list that you manage to receive your summary. Thanks, David Kessens Chair IPv6 working group --- ----- Forwarded message from David Kessens <david.kessens(a)nsn.com> ----- From: David Kessens <david.kessens(a)nsn.com> To: Bernhard Schmidt <berni(a)birkenwald.de> Cc: ipv6-wg(a)ripe.net Subject: Re: [ipv6-wg] IPv6 news - weekly summary Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:34:53 -0700 Hi, Based on Bernhard's input, I would like to poll the working group whether they like to receive these weekly summaries from Jordi on the working group list. I for one was close to asking Jordi to immediately cease posting as they are readily available from other mailing list or at his website (I personally receive now 4 unwanted copies of his mail). However, I can see that other people might have a different opinion. Please send your comments directly to me by Sunday 8/26, without CC'ing the list as their is no need to make this a lengthy discussion. I will post a summary to the list (but I will as a matter of principle mention your name in the summary). Thanks, David Kessens IPv6 working group chair --- On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 10:24:23PM +0200, Bernhard Schmidt wrote: > Hi Jordi, > > will it become standard to post this weekly summary of IPv6 news, where > some of your featured stories mention IPv6 just in one small sentence? > Example > > >IT security: Too big for government > >http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3154 > ><http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3154> > > | However, there are bright spots. Companies are beginning to reduce the > | scope of vulnerabilities in their software and IPv6 is slowly moving > | forward, especially in Asia. > > This is the only occurence of IPv6 in this text. > > Occasional posting of really interesting news to this ml is fine in my > point of views, but gating every unrelated story that happens to have > "IPv6" somewhere in the text through your "portal" page isn't. > > Just my 2 cents, > Bernhard ----- End forwarded message -----

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IPv6 news - weekly summary
by JORDI PALET MARTINEZ 27 Aug '07

27 Aug '07

Main News: Other News: Govt expects users to migrate to IPv6 in 3 years http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3171 The Tech Lab: Vint Cerf http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3170 Is the Internet Over? http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3168 IPv6 readiness is key as IPv4 peters out http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3167 Posts Face IPv6 Challenges http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3166 Don¹t miss the forest for the trees http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3165 Security: Corporate and Products: Centennial Discovery 2007 Eases Management of IT Hardware and Software Assets http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3169 ********************************************** The IPv6 Portal: http://www.ipv6tf.org Bye 6Bone. Hi, IPv6 ! http://www.ipv6day.org This electronic message contains information which may be privileged or confidential. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information, including attached files, is prohibited.

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IPv6 news - weekly summary
by JORDI PALET MARTINEZ 22 Aug '07

22 Aug '07

Main News: New Portal of the Transition to IPv6 of Latin America and Caribbean http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3164&lan=en Nuevo Portal de Transición a IPv6 de América Latina y el Caribe http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3164&lan=sp Other News: Pacific urged to keep up with new internet http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3162 China's IT Olympic Lineup http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3161 Army taps AT&T for Fort Bliss data network update http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3159 IT execs ask: What can IPv6 do for me? http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3157 IT security: Too big for government http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3154 Delegates In Honiara For Leading Pacific ICT Meet http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3151 Security: Corporate and Products: F5 Selects Mu Security for Automated Security Analysis of Application Delivery Product Family http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3163 Extreme Networks Offers A Smooth Transition To IPv6 http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3160 xStack Switches http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3158 Microsoft Moves Toward Exchange Server 2007 SP1 http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3156 Incognito Software Announces Support and Participation from ARRIS in the Incognito DOCSIS 3.0-IPv6 Interoperability Program http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3155 GameRail Gives Online Gamers the Competitive Edge by Deploying Foundry Backbone Routers http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3153 Cisco and Texas Instruments Complete First Interoperability Testing of DOCSIS 3.0 Network Upstream Channel Bonding http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3152 ********************************************** The IPv6 Portal: http://www.ipv6tf.org Bye 6Bone. Hi, IPv6 ! http://www.ipv6day.org This electronic message contains information which may be privileged or confidential. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information, including attached files, is prohibited.

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2006-02 Implementation: IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy
by Alex Le Heux 30 Jul '07

30 Jul '07

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the policy proposed in 2006-02 "IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy" has been implemented. The RIPE NCC is now ready to accept requests for IPv6 address space under the new policy. The archived proposal can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2006-02.html The updated "IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy" is available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-412.html The following RIPE documents have also been updated to reflect this policy implementation: Supporting Notes for the IPv6 First Allocation Request Form http://ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-413.html IPv6 First Allocation Request Form http://ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-414.html Best regards, Alex Le Heux RIPE NCC Policy Implementation Co-ordinator

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IPv6 news - weekly summary
by JORDI PALET MARTINEZ 23 Jul '07

23 Jul '07

Main News: Commission consults public on tougher ICT-trade strategy http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3081 Other News: Saving the Earth one phone at a time http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3092 Voice over IP problems persist http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3090 All Systems Go for IPv6 in SA http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3080 We should lead way on IPv6 http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3079 Security: Ubuntu Security Notice - linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerability (USN-489-1) http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3089 Ubuntu Security Notice - linux-source-2.6.17 vulnerabilities (USN-486-1) http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3087 Corporate and Products: Xlight FTP Server: an enhanced and cost-effective file management solution for enterprise http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3091 Network Equipment Technologies Announces Second Phase of Technology Partnership With Bay Microsystems to Deliver Next Generation High Performance Multi-Service Platforms http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3088 Axis launches professional wireless network camera fulfilling highest market demands http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3086 Allied Telesis Unveils Enhanced Fast Ethernet Layer 3 Switch with Advanced QoS http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3085 Check Point secures lead http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3084 NetIntercept 4.0 Beta Now Available from Sandstorm Enterprises http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3083 A10 Networks Announces AX Series 2000 and AX Series 2100 Application Acceleration Switches for Next-generation Server Load Balancing http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3082 Intellitactics Ahead of the Game in IPv6; Intellitactics Security Manager Deployed in Landmark Pilot for Major Civilian Agency and Showcased in IPv6 Center of Excellence http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3078 Windows optional on Server 2008 http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3077 In Systems launches pioneering security analyser in Australia http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=news/newsroom&id=3076

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6to4 and Teredo relay deployment
by JORDI PALET MARTINEZ 29 Jun '07

29 Jun '07

Some weeks ago I started to work in documenting how to setup 6to4 and Teredo relays/servers in several platforms for the afripv6-discuss mailing list. There are many 6to4 relays already, but it becomes even more important to have them where the bandwidth is more expensive, because it avoids traffic going thru upstream links. The first message on this is here: https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/afripv6-discuss/2007/000061.html More information about 6to4 also available at: http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=using/connectivity/6to4 Similarly for Teredo: https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/afripv6-discuss/2007/000080.html And more info about Teredo at: http://www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=using/connectivity/teredo Regards, Jordi ********************************************** The IPv6 Portal: http://www.ipv6tf.org Bye 6Bone. Hi, IPv6 ! http://www.ipv6day.org This electronic message contains information which may be privileged or confidential. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information, including attached files, is prohibited.

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IPv6 conference in September
by Gert Doering 11 May '07

11 May '07

Hi, (re-sending this because yesterday's mail was sent from a non-subscribed mail address and got stuck in the moderator's queue) Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 17:10:24 +0200 From: Gert Doering Subject: IPv6 conference in September Hi, as mentioned in the IPv6 WG: there is an IPv6 conference coming up in Cologne, Germany, this year (September 06+07): http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ecai6-2007/ (I am not related to Guug, but there is a given chance that I'll show up and give a talk, so I'm not fully neutral :-)) gert -- Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 113403 SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen) Tel: +49 (89) 32356-444 USt-IdNr.: DE813185279

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IPv6 conference in September
by Gert Doering 10 May '07

10 May '07

Hi, as mentioned in the IPv6 WG: there is an IPv6 conference coming up in Cologne, Germany, this year (September 06+07): http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ecai6-2007/ (I am not related to Guug, but there is a given chance that I'll show up and give a talk, so I'm not fully neutral :-)) gert -- USENET is *not* the non-clickable part of WWW! //www.muc.de/~gert/ Gert Doering - Munich, Germany gert(a)greenie.muc.de fax: +49-89-35655025 gert(a)net.informatik.tu-muenchen.de

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IPV6 problem
by praveen ch 07 May '07

07 May '07

Hi, I am facing a new problem while doing testing with IPV6. I am getting "Cannot assign requested address". Can you help me why i am getting that error. Waiting for your reply. -- Regards, praveen chebolu

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Agenda for ipv6 wg RIPE54
by David Kessens 07 May '07

07 May '07

During next RIPE meeting, our working group is scheduled to meet: Thu May 10, 17:00 - 18:00 in Grande Room, Sokos Viru Hotel, Tallinn Please see below for our agenda. Many of our agenda items ask for participation of the working group. I would like to encourage everybody to take part in our discussions. Thanks and see you in Tallinn! David Kessens --- Agenda for the IPv6 Working Group Meeting RIPE54 When: Thu May 10, 17:00 - 18:00 in room Grande Room, Sokos Viru Hotel, Tallinn Where: Grande Room, Sokos Viru Hotel, Tallinn A. Administrative stuff - appointment of scribe - agenda bashing - approval of the minutes (David Kessens) B. Quick update from the RIPE NCC regarding ipv6 services (RIPE NCC) C. Problems with: Route Header Type 0 (Merike Kaeo) - did we already find other problems as well ? (discussion) D. Follow-up: IPv6 in large cable systems (discussion) - other operators with similar problems - IPv6 and network management E. Follow-up: Global IPv6 routing table status (discussion) (Gert Doering) F. Feedback and experience with Windows Vista (discussion) (input from the audience) G. Report(s) about *actual* v6 traffic volume as compared to v4? *what's real* out there, not what's on powerpoint? (input from the audience) H. Developments/initiatives regarding IPv6 in the RIPE region and beyond (input from the audience) ... Y. Input for the RIPE NCC Activity Plan (input from the audience) Z. AOB ---

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Draft agenda (v1) for ipv6 wg RIPE54
by David Kessens 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

During next RIPE meeting, our working group is scheduled to meet: Thu, May 10, 17:00 - 18:00 in Grande Room, Sokos Viru Hotel, Tallinn I have prepared a draft agenda with all our standard items and a few more. We still have a little bit of time that we can use for additional agenda topics so feel free to send me any suggestions. In addition, I would very much appreciate your help if you are able to provide us with a few thought provoking slides/remarks regarding some of the discussion items on the agenda. Thanks! David Kessens --- Draft Agenda (v1) for the IPv6 Working Group Meeting RIPE53 When: Thu, May 10, 17:00 - 18:00 in room Grande Room, Sokos Viru Hotel, Tallinn Where: Grande Room, Sokos Viru Hotel, Tallinn A. Administrative stuff - appointment of scribe - agenda bashing - approval of the minutes (David Kessens) B. Quick update from the RIPE NCC regarding ipv6 services (RIPE NCC) C. Problems with: Route Header Type 0 - did we already find other problems as well ? (discussion, presentations welcome!) D. Follow-up: IPv6 in large cable systems (discussion) - other operators with similar problems - IPv6 and network management E. Follow-up: Global IPv6 routing table status (discussion) (Gert Doering) F. Feedback and experience with Windows Vista (discussion) (input from the audience) G. Report(s) about *actual* v6 traffic volume as compared to v4? *what's real* out there, not what's on powerpoint? (input from the audience) H. Developments/initiatives regarding IPv6 in the RIPE region and beyond (input from the audience) ... Y. Input for the RIPE NCC Activity Plan (input from the audience) Z. AOB ---

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Call for agenda items
by David Kessens 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

Hi, The next RIPE meeting is getting close. That means that we will have to get our agenda together as soon as possible. Our session is scheduled for: Thursday, May 10 17:00 - 18:00 in room Grande Room I plan on sending out the first draft agenda by the end of the week. To do this, I will need your help to volunteer a talk or discussion topic that is relevant for the deployment of ipv6 in the RIPE region. Any topic, no matter how short and/or if you are new to our working group is welcome as long as the topic is relevant for our working group. Thanks, David Kessens ---

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Accommodating IPv6 Address RRs for the Root of the Domain Name System
by JORDI PALET MARTINEZ 28 Mar '07

28 Mar '07

http://www.ipv6tf.org/news/counter.php?id=2743 ********************************************** The IPv6 Portal: http://www.ipv6tf.org Bye 6Bone. Hi, IPv6 ! http://www.ipv6day.org This electronic message contains information which may be privileged or confidential. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information, including attached files, is prohibited.

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IPv6 Deployment Panel at ICANN, Lisbon
by Leo Vegoda 27 Mar '07

27 Mar '07

Hi, There will be an IPv6 Deployment Panel discussion at the ICANN meeting in Lisbon on Sunday 25 March between 1pm and 3pm (UTC+1). The session will focus on IPv6 deployment in the root DNS and ISP environments as well as looking at the policy support needed for this. The agenda and webcast links can be found on the meeting web site at: http://www.icann.org/meetings/lisbon/ the presentations will be made available before the session begins. As well as webcasting the session, remote participation will be possible through the ICANN public participation site, which allows registered users to ask questions and comment in chatrooms and forums. Please feel free to submit questions to the panel in advance or during the session, or use the blog facility to write about it afterwards. The site can be found at: http://public.icann.org/ And it can be reached through IPv6 as well as IPv4 :-) Thanks, -- Leo Vegoda IANA Numbers Liaison

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IPv6 Deployment Panel at ICANN Meeting, Lisbon
by Axel Pawlik 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails.] Dear Colleagues, An IPv6 deployment panel discussion was held at the ICANN meeting in Lisbon on Sunday 25 March between 13:00 and 15:00 (UTC+1). The session focused on IPv6 deployment in the root DNS and ISP environments as well as the policy support needed for this. The panel consisted of Gert Doering from SpaceNet AG, who discussed the ISPs' view of IPv6 deployment, Joao Damas from Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) who discussed IPv6 deployment in the DNS and Alex Le Heux from the RIPE NCC who gave the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) perspective. The agenda, webcast and presentations can be found on the meeting website at: http://www.icann.org/meetings/lisbon/ Remote participation was possible through the ICANN public participation site, which allowed registered users to ask questions and comment in chatrooms and forums. The site can be found at: http://public.icann.org/ The site can be reached through IPv6 as well as IPv4. Regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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RE: [ipv6-wg] 2006 IPv4 Address Use Report
by Tanya Hinman 02 Jan '07

02 Jan '07

Hey there Ray! Are these actually statistics or parameters, and are either available at this time for IPv6 and IPv4? I would be interested in seeing them, especially would like to update my view of how IPv6 is being utilized at this time. Thanks, Tanya > From: plzak(a)arin.net> To: iljitsch(a)muada.com; emmiesan(a)msn.com> CC: ipv6-wg(a)ripe.net> Subject: RE: [ipv6-wg] 2006 IPv4 Address Use Report> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 08:08:33 -0500> > I would think that an interesting statistic to look at would be the> consumption rates by region and by the top 10 economy/country consumers in> both IPv4 and IPv6. I would also look at the percentage of the allocated> IPv6 resources by region and by the top 10 economy/country consumers.> > Ray > > > -----Original Message-----> > From: ipv6-wg-admin(a)ripe.net [mailto:ipv6-wg-admin@ripe.net] On Behalf Of> > Iljitsch van Beijnum> > Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 5:33 AM> > To: Tanya Hinman> > Cc: ipv6-wg(a)ripe.net> > Subject: Re: [ipv6-wg] 2006 IPv4 Address Use Report> > > > On 1-jan-2007, at 23:53, Tanya Hinman wrote:> > > > > Is the decrease in the percentage of used IPv4 space in the United> > > States of America due to other countries increasing their usage and/> > > or the return of unused IPv4 space in the United States of America?> > > Just looking at upcoming usage statistics globally.> > > > A year ago, the US held 1324.93 million addresses out of a total of> > 2238.04 million = 59.2% (apparently I rounded off incorrectly with my> > 60% figure).> > > > Yesterday's total is 2407.11 so for the US to maintain its 59.2% it> > would have to hold 1425 million addresses, which is an increase of> > exactly 100 million addresses. But the US didn't get 100 million> > addresses last year, but "only" 41.66 million for a total of 1366.53> > (56.8%).> > > > So the US keeps growing, and still uses up a quarter of the new> > addresses given out in 2006, but the rest of the world grows faster> > so the US lead is diminishing.> _________________________________________________________________ Get into the holiday spirit, chat with Santa on Messenger. http://imagine-windowslive.com/minisites/santabot/default.aspx?locale=en-us

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RE: [ipv6-wg] 2006 IPv4 Address Use Report
by Tanya Hinman 02 Jan '07

02 Jan '07

Hello all, I have been out of the IP field for a few years so forgive me if my question is about old news, but here it is: Is the decrease in the percentage of used IPv4 space in the United States of America due to other countries increasing their usage and/or the return of unused IPv4 space in the United States of America? Just looking at upcoming usage statistics globally. Thanks, Tanya Hinman, RN +1 919 272 1835 > To: ipv6-wg(a)ripe.net; address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net> From: iljitsch(a)muada.com> Subject: [ipv6-wg] 2006 IPv4 Address Use Report> Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 17:27:08 +0100> > 2006 was another busy year for the five Regional Internet Registries: > together, they gave out 161.48 million IPv4 addresses, just shy of > the 165.45 million given out in 2005 as measured on january first 2006.> > The current (jan 1st, 2007) figure for 2005 is 175.52 million > addresses. Together with adjustments for earlier years, this brings > the total addresses available to almost exactly 1.3 billion, down > from 1468.61 million a year ago. This is out of 3706.65 million > usable IPv4 addresses, so 2407.11 million addresses are currently > given out to either end-users or Internet Service Providers.> > Breakdown by Regional Internet Registry over the past few years as > seen on 2007-01-01:> > 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006> > AfriNIC 0.56 0.39 0.26 0.22 0.51 1.03 2.72> APNIC 20.94 28.83 27.03 33.05 42.89 53.86 51.78> ARIN 30.83 28.55 21.08 22.32 34.26 47.57 38.94> LACNIC 0.88 1.61 0.65 2.62 3.77 10.97 11.50> RIPE NCC 24.79 25.36 19.84 29.61 47.49 62.09 56.53> > Total 78.00 84.73 68.87 87.82 128.92 175.52 161.48> > Compare this to the totals as seen on 2006-01-01:> > Total 78.35 88.95 68.93 87.77 128.45 165.45> > (See last year's report for more details at http://www.bgpexpert.com/ > addrspace2005.php )> > The main reason for the discrepancy is that the RIRs publish on their > respective FTP servers lists of which address block was given out > when. When a block of address space is given back by the holder, it's > removed from the list. This is the reason why the numbers for earlier > years keep going down. The 10 million extra addresses in 2005 and 4 > million in 2001 are the responsibility of ARIN, which went from 36.30 > million addresses for 2005 in their 2006-01-01 records to 47.56 in > their 2007-01-01 records. The reason for the retroactive growth is > unknown.> > AfriNIC gives out address space in Africa, APNIC in the Asia-Pacific > region, ARIN in North America, LACNIC in Latin American and the > Caribbean and the RIPE NCC in Europe, the former Soviet Union and the > Middle East.> > The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA, part of ICANN) keeps > an overview of the IPv4 address space at http://www.iana.org/ > assignments/ipv4-address-space. The list consists of 256 blocks of > 16.78 million addresses. Breakdown:> > Delegated to Blocks +/- 2006 Addresses (millions)> > AfriNIC 1 16.78> APNIC 19 +3 318.77> ARIN 27 +4 452.98> LACNIC 4 67.11> RIPE NCC 22 +3 369.10> Various 50 838.86> End-user 43 721.42> Available 55 -10 922.74> > Of the 2063.60 million addresses delegated to the five Regional > Internet Registries, 1685.69 million have been delegated to end-users > or ISPs by the RIRs, and 377.91 million are still available, which is > almost identical to last year's 378.09 number. Along with the 922.74 > million addresses still available in the IANA global pool this makes > the total number of available addresses 1300.65 million, down 167.96 > million from a year earlier.> > The size of address blocks given has been increasing steadily. The > table below shows the number of requests for a certain range of block > sizes (equal or higher than the first, lower than the second value).> > (2005 and earlier values from 2006-01-01 data, 2006 values from > 2007-01-01 data.)> > 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006> > < 1000 326 474 547 745 1022 1309 1526> 1000 - 8000 652 1176 897 1009 1516 1891 2338> 8000 - 64k 1440 868 822 1014 1100 1039 1133> 64k - 500k 354 262 163 215 404 309 409> 500k - 2M 19 39 29 46 61 60 56> > 2M 3 5 5 6 7 18 13> > The number of blocks in the two smallest categories have increased > rapidly, but not as fast as the number of blocks in the largest > category, in relative numbers at least. However, the increase in > large blocks has a very dramatic effect while the small blocks are > insignificant, when looking at the millions of addresses involved:> > 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006> > < 1000 0.10 0.16 0.18 0.25 0.35 0.44 0.52> 1000 - 8000 2.42 4.47 3.23 3.45 4.49 5.07 6.10> 8000 - 64k 18.79 12.81 11.35 14.00 15.99 15.46 17.17> 64k - 500k 35.98 32.19 20.28 25.51 42.01 34.23 49.64> 500k - 2M 12.68 24.64 21.30 31.98 44.63 41.63 46.64> > 2M 8.39 14.68 12.58 12.58 20.97 68.62 41.42> > The increase in the 2M+ blocks was solely responsible for the high > number of addresses given out in 2005. In 2006, there was growth in > all categories except the 2M+ one (even the 500k - 2M category > increased in number of addresses if not in number of blocks). When > the 2M+ blocks are taken out of the equation, 2005 had a total of > 96.83 million addresses (2006-01-01) and 2006 119.06 million given out.> > Another way to look at the same data:> > Year Blocks Addresses (M) Average block size> > 2000 2794 78.35 28043> 2001 2824 88.95 31497> 2002 2463 68.93 27985> 2003 3035 87.77 28921> 2004 4110 128.45 31252> 2005 4626 165.45 35765> 2006 5475 161.48 29494> > The 2407.11 million addresses currently in use aren't very evenly > distributed over the countries in the world. The current top 15 is:> > Country Addresses 2007-01-01 Addr 2006-01-01> > US 1366.53 M 1324.93 M United States> JP 151.27 M 143.00 M Japan> EU 115.83 M 113.87 M Multi-country in > Europe> CN 98.02 M 74.39 M China> GB 93.91 M 73.81 M United Kingdom> CA 71.32 M 67.43 M Canada> DE 61.59 M 51.13 M Germany> FR 58.23 M 45.16 M France> KR 51.13 M 41.91 M Korea> AU 30.64 M 26.87 M Australia> BR 19.27 M 17.17 M Brazil> IT 19.14 M 18.39 M Italy> ES 18.69 M 16.29 M Spain> TW 18.16 M 16.28 M Taiwan> NL 18.08 M 16.40 M Netherlands> > The US holds 57% (down from 60% a year ago) of the IPv4 address space > in use. The other countries in the list together hold another 34% (up > from 32%). The rest of the world has 9% (up from 8%).> > A copy of this information and a tool to perform queries on up to > date data is available at http://www.bgpexpert.com/addrspace2006.php> _________________________________________________________________ Fixing up the home? 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