Hi David,
======================== B. IPv6 roadmaps of network equipment vendors a. Juniper ======================== Jean Marc Uze (JMU) presented Junipers Roadmap for IPv6. The slides are available at
Pim van Pelt (PVP): What about Filtering and OSPF6 ? JMU: OSPF6 for Junos will come in the second half of 2002 Filtering will come soon.
I think you mean OSPFv3. Regarding IPv6 filtering, I said that it will be available in a couple of weeks. Which is true ;-), as it is now available in last release: JUNOS 5.3 http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/software/junos53/swconfig53-ipv6/download/fi...
?: Are you working on 6-to-4 transition? JMU: Are there already applications that need it? ?: 6-to-4 relays will need it, these will be important for the users
?: What about 6PE? (MPLS over IPv6) JMU: Should be avoided on core routers, since it degrades performance.
I think what I said is that 6PE will be attractive for SP that want to deploy native IPv6 service with an existing core backbone that can't implement IPv6. With 6PE, the core is not involved in IPv6 forwarding, just MPLS forwarding. So 6PE is a good solution to integrate native IPv6 service in existing backbone, as it required IPv6 routers only in the edges. This is in our plan for second half 2002.
?: Will you implement NAT/PAT for v6? JMU: Not on the short term.
Regarding the transition mechanisms, the message I wanted to give is that the mechanisms are numerous. 6to4 had gained a lot of traction last year but in recent times IETF has come up with even newer transition mechanisms. The priority was dual stack, IPv6 in v4 tunnels, as well as Circuit Cross Connect support for IPv6 (layer 2 VPN over MPLS). This phase is achieved. 6to4 as well as other mechanisms like NAT-PT are under investigation but we didn't get a strong push from our customers so far. Inviting the vendor to the RIPE IPv6 WG is a good way to discuss this topic. After the first feedback received at the conference we would be more than happy to get more feedback from you. David, I'm going to send you my presentation separately (big file) so you can put it on your web server. Thank you for your invitation. Regards, Jean-Marc Jean-Marc Uz� Liaison R&E Networks and Institutions, EMEA Juniper Networks 70 Boulevard de Courcelles - Paris 75017 - France Tel: +33 (0)1 44 01 60 24 Fax: +33 (0)1 44 01 60 90 Mobile: +33 (0)6 15 43 25 12