1. Obstacles in IPv6 Deployment Marco Hogewoning RIPE NCC

2. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 2 Agenda Current state of affairs Observations What are the RIPE NCC and MENOG doing?

3. Statistics

4. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 4 IPv6 RIPEness Rating system designed to monitor progress in the deployment of IPv6 Four “stars” to earn, based on the level of deployment: – First star for getting an IPv6 allocation – Subsequent stars awarded for visibility, route objects and reverse DNS Only lists RIPE NCC members

5. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 5 Total Membership (7711 LIRs) (1 September 2011)

6. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 6 Middle East Region (September 2010)

7. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 7 Middle East Region (September 2011)

8. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 8 At Least 1 Star

9. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 9 Changes Between 2010 and 2011

10. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 10 Relative Changes (2010 - 2011)

11. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 11 Conclusions Keep in mind sample size is relatively small 32.5% of the LIRs from this region have at least an IPv6 Allocation 16% is beyond that point and has at least 2 stars For the full membership these numbers are 45 and 31.3 percent Growth is roughly the same

12. Observations

13. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 13 Feedback From Training Courses The RIPE NCC IPv6 course contains an exercise about “IPv6 deployment challenges” Often heard arguments are: – Lack of general knowledge about IPv6 – Legacy hardware and software – Support by transit or upstream carrier – Content vs eyeballs – Accounting and billing – Security concerns

14. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 14 RIPE Working Groups Policy restrictions have been raised – Multihoming in IPv6 – Allocation size and additional allocations Addressing plan troubles – How much do you assign to an End User? – Static or dynamic assignments to residential user?

15. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 15 Other Sources Specific needs regarding security, such as user separation in FTTx environments Performance issues and bugs Customer experience during transitioning

16. Obstacles

17. The biggest challenge in transitioning to IPv6 is non-technical

18. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 18 Lack Of Experience and Knowledge For many people, IPv6 is a theoretical solution to a theoretical problem You can explain the most likely scenarios, but everyone's situation and business case is different Expertise can only come from hands-on experience To be successful with IPv6, you need to work with IPv6

19. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 19 Example: Security A lot of people think IPv6 is less secure A lot of this is due to IPv4 NAT being perceived as a security mechanism The truth being that IPv6 is not more or less secure than IPv4 You can still block incoming connections A lot of CPE for instance have this feature turned on by default

20. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 20 Support in Hardware and Software Not all solutions deliver full feature parity between IPv4 and IPv6, not even the latest ones You have to realise that development is driven by demand from the market Vendors often rely on operators for feedback on both feature sets and performance

21. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 21 Limited Customer Demand “Customers are not asking for IPv6” The big question here is: have you ever sold them IPv4? Ask your self what your product is

22. What Are We Doing

23. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 23 Training and Education “IPv6 for LIRs” training course IPv6 Roadshow together with MENOG E-learning Publications

24. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 24 Training Locations in 2010/2011

25. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 25 Effects of training

26. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 26 Effects of training

27. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 27 Guidance On Purchasing Publications on IPv6 capable customer premises equipments (CPE) Ripe-501 document on IPv6 requirements in tenders

28. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 28 Promotion of IPv6 Publications, presentations and press releases regarding the depletion of the IPv4 free pool Dedicated platforms like IPv6actnow.org Social media such as twitter World IPv6 Day

29. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 29 Providing a Platform The RIPE NCC and MENOG provide a platform to exchange experiences and ideas Although every network is different, the building blocks are usually the same You are not the only one facing the challenges of deploying IPv6

30. Marco Hogewoning, October 2011 30 Future Developments Dedicated staff focusing on Middle East and Central Asia, working from Dubai Full rewrite of the IPv6 Roadshow training material RIPE NCC training courses continue to develop, with more focus on practical tasks And much more...

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