On individual level I will be wearing my IPv6 T-Shirt the whole day i.e. June 8th to increase the awareness and motivation toward adopting IPv6 :-)
Regards, Bilal On Jun 1, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Abdelfattah Abuqayyas wrote: > > Get Ready For World IPv6 Day Next Week > By David Strom / May 31, 2011 > <image001.jpg> > > Earlier this spring, as anticipated, the last of the IPv4 address blocks was > given to the regional Internet registries that dole them out to ISPs and > other corporations. Unlike many predictions that go back dozens of years, we > have run out of room. Yes, it will take several months before the world is > completely run out of address space, and you might be able to find an unused > Class C range here or there. But for the most part, you need to get cracking > on a transition plan for your company to migrate towards IPv6 now. > > Of course, people have been saying this for years now. I recall writing a > humorous article back in 1992 or so where I suggested that I start a > brokerage service charging for unused address blocks. While it has taken > several decades, we have gotten to the point where the end of IPv4 is near. > And unlike the predictions for the Rapture, this is an actual event that will > need our attention. > > To highlight this situation, a group of engineers under the auspices of the > Internet Society have set aside next Wednesday, June 8th, to test the new > protocol for an entire 24-hour period. Various Web properties will put up > IPv6 versions of their sites for the day as demonstrations. And several > vendors have begun to assemble copious instructions and advice to help IT > network managers figure out their plans. > > What is needed for a successful transition? It is a huge undertaking, not > unlike the early establishment of the Internet itself. > > · Internet service providers need to make IPv6 connectivity available > to all of their users. In most cases this means replacing or upgrading > routers and other network switchgear to handle the new protocols. > · Web companies need to offer their services over IPv6. We'll see > some of this next Wednesday, when major site operators such as Google, > Facebook, Microsoft and Yahoo will provide IPv6 only versions as targets to > connect to. > · Operating system makers may need to implement specific software > updates. Most of the modern desktop OSs include support for IPv6 (see the > screenshot below from a Mac as an example). If you are running an older > version of XP or MacOS, this can be an issue. > · Backbone providers will need to establish IPv6 peering with each > other.This has begun happening, but obviously more peering is needed, and > part of next Wednesday's tests will be to find the non-working links in > particular connection paths. > · Hardware and home gateway manufacturers may need to update firmware > to support IPv6. OpenDNS has a series of instructions on their site here to > enable their "sandbox" to try out IPv6 support for DNS. > > Enterprises have basically four different strategies to follow in > implementing IPv6: > > 1. Dual Stack IPv4 and IPv6 protocols in your routers to connect to an ISP > running dual stacks as well. This is probably the simplest solution, but it > does break any NAT connections and if you rely on NAT as a primitive security > perimeter, you might need to check into this further, since with IPv6, your > entire subnet will be directly connected to the Internet. > 2. 6to4 tunnels. My Mac uses this method, as can be seen with the 2002: > prefix in its IPv6 address. What happens here is that the end of the IPv6 > address uses the IPv4 address. This has major performance problems and some > firewalls will block this particular protocol on port 41. > 3. Teredo tunnels is an alternative tunneling protocol that has both > clients and servers to translate v4 into v6 addresses and vice-versa. Some > firewalls block UDP port 3544, which will cause problems. > 4. Tunnel brokers and miscellaneous other mechanisms for coping. > Good luck with your transition. And don't put it off any longer: the time has > come! > > > > Abdelfattah ABUQAYYAS, PhD > ICT Counselor/ www.citc.gov.sa > P.O. Box 75606, Riyadh 11588, Saudi Arabia > Mobile +966-556642230; Tel. +966-1-263-9236 > Twitter: http://twitter.com/abuqayyas > Facebook: [email protected] > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Disclaimer: > This message and its attachment, if any, are confidential and may contain > legally > privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact > the > sender immediately and delete this message and its attachment, if any, from > your > system. 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