Hi, On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 12:12:56PM +0100, Mirjam Kuehne wrote: > This week, we saw the 10,000th Local Internet Registry (LIR) received > IPv6 addresses. The first block of IPv6 addresses was allocated from > IANA to the RIPE NCC in 1999, so we have been distributing IPv6 > addresses for 17 years. In this new article on RIPE Labs we track the > policy developments that have made it progressively easier for LIRs to > get the IPv6 they need: > > https://labs.ripe.net/Members/nathalie_nathalie/10-000-lirs-with-ipv6-resources?pk_campaign=labs&pk_kwd=list-ipv6wg
Nearly old enough to drink beer, this stuff :-) - and indeed, this has been
a bit of a fight to reach the IPv6 address policies we have today, which
seem to mostly work for everyone. Quite an achievement, and thanks to
everyone involved ;-)
Gert Doering
-- still no idea how UUnet UK managed to beat me, back in 1999, in
getting the *first* ever IPv6 allocation made by the RIPE NCC...
--
have you enabled IPv6 on something today...?
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