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Re: [ipv6-wg] Last Call (20101117): Requirements For IPv6 in ICT Equipment
by Ivan Pepelnjak 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Dear all, As I'm one of the original authors of this document (now nicely hidden behind the "Slovenian IPv6 working group" blob ;) and had a bit to do with MPLS in the past, please allow me to comment on the MPLS-related requirements. 6PE/6VPE ========= Unfortunately, the only way to combine IPv6 with MPLS features like MPLS-TE or FRR today (and in the next few years) is to run IPv4 MPLS core and 6PE/6VPE. The requirement to support 6PE/6VPE is thus MANDATORY, but has to be conditioned the same way mobile IPv6 is. I would therefore suggest that we add the following two bullets to the "Mandatory support" part of the "Router or Layer 3 switch" equipment: * If MPLS functionality (for example, BGP-free core, MPLS TE, MPLS FRR) is requested, the PE-routers and route reflectors MUST support "Connecting IPv6 Islands over IPv4 MPLS Using IPv6 Provider Edge Routers (6PE)" [RFC 4798] * If layer-3 VPN functionality is requested, the PE-routers and route reflectors MUST support "BGP-MPLS IP Virtual Private Network (VPN) Extension for IPv6 VPN" [RFC 4659] MT IS-IS & MPLS =============== There's another gotcha that we totally missed: MT for IS-IS (RFC 5120) should be mentioned and it should be MANDATORY in combination with MPLS (otherwise you might experience some weird symptoms if you decide to run some IPv6 natively). The "Router or Layer 3 switch" equipment section thus needs two more items: MANDATORY --------- * If MPLS Traffic Engineering is used in combination with IS-IS routing protocol, the equipment MUST support "M-ISIS: Multi Topology (MT) Routing in Intermediate System to Intermediate Systems (IS-ISs)" [RFC 5120] OPTIONAL -------- * When IS-IS routing protocol is requested, the equipment SHOULD support "M-ISIS: Multi Topology (MT) Routing in Intermediate System to Intermediate Systems (IS-ISs)" [RFC 5120] (this support is highly recommended) Best, Ivan Pepelnjak www.ioshints.info

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New draft document available: Requirements For IPv6 in ICT Equipment
by Marco Hogewoning 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

(apologies for any duplicate emails) Dear Colleagues, Jan Zorz and Sander Steffan have prepared a document to serve as a guide what the requirements should be when asking for IPv6 in a tender or contract. It is our intention to publish this document as a RIPE document BCP so people can use this as an external reference. The draft version of this document is available at http://www.ripe.net/ripe/draft-documents/ipv6-ict-requirements.html Your comments and feedback can be sent to the IPv6 working group mailing-list on ipv6-wg(a)ripe.net. Regards, Marco Hogewoning IPv6 WG co-chair

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Interactive Graph on RIPE Labs: Networks with IPv6 over Time
by Mirjam Kuehne 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Dear colleagues, On RIPE Labs you can now find an interactive graph (provided by Emile Aben) that shows the percentage of networks (ASes) that announce one or more IPv6 prefixes in the global routing table. You can specify countries and compare the IPv6 deployment by region: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/interesting-graph-networks-with-ipv… Kind Regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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Announcement: RIPE NCC Training Courses
by Training Mailbox 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC invites you to register for one of our upcoming training courses: - The LIR Training Course This course teaches LIRs how to request Internet number resources and interact with the RIPE NCC. A course outline is available at: http://www.ripe.net/training/lir/outline.html - The Routing Registry Training Course This course teaches LIRs how to use the RIPE Database for routing. A course outline is available at: http://www.ripe.net/training/rr/outline.html - The IPv6 Training Course This course teaches LIRs about the need for IPv6 and includes basic information on how to plan your deployment. A course outline is available at: http://www.ripe.net/training/ipv6/outline.html To see the location of upcoming courses and to register, please use the LIR Portal or complete the registration form on our website at: RIPE NCC Upcoming Courses List & Registration https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/training/course-list.html If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at <training(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Rumy Kanis Training Services Manager RIPE NCC

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Draft agenda RIPE-61: Tuesday November 16th 16:00 - 18:00 CET
by Marco Hogewoning 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Hello, Sorry for beng a bit late. This is the draft agenda for the IPv6 WG sesison in Rome. We have a pretty full programme with lots of interesting examples of what happens when you deploy IPv6 in the real world. 1 opening/administrativa 2 "Experiences from an IPv6-only world" - Jari Arkko/Ari Keranen 3 "Detecting (and fixing!), IPv6 dualstack brokenness" - Tore Aderson 4 "The results on introducing native IPv6 at XS4ALL - Marco Hogewoning 5 "RIPE NCC stats" - Emile Aben 6 "Native IPv6 via xDSL - How to tweak your LNS" - Emanuel Kleindienst 7 "Requirements For IPv6 in ICT Equipment" - Jan Zorz/Sander Steffan 8 "Update on policy proposal 2010-06" - Marco Hogewoning/Remco van Mook See you all in Rome and for those of you who can't make it, this session will be live broadcasted. See http://ripe61.ripe.net/programme/remote-participation/ for more information. On behalf of the IPv6 WG chairs, Marco Hogewoning

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Re: [ipv6-wg] Last Call (20101117): Requirements For IPv6 in ICT Equipment
by Ivan Pepelnjak 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

Dear all, As I'm one of the original authors of this document (now nicely hidden behind the "Slovenian IPv6 working group" blob ;) and had a bit to do with MPLS in the past, please allow me to comment on the MPLS-related requirements. 6PE/6VPE ========= Unfortunately, the only way to combine IPv6 with MPLS features like MPLS-TE or FRR today (and in the next few years) is to run IPv4 MPLS core and 6PE/6VPE. The requirement to support 6PE/6VPE is thus MANDATORY, but has to be conditioned the same way mobile IPv6 is. I would therefore suggest that we add the following two bullets to the "Mandatory support" part of the "Router or Layer 3 switch" equipment: * If MPLS functionality (for example, BGP-free core, MPLS TE, MPLS FRR) is requested, the PE-routers and route reflectors MUST support "Connecting IPv6 Islands over IPv4 MPLS Using IPv6 Provider Edge Routers (6PE)" [RFC 4798] * If layer-3 VPN functionality is requested, the PE-routers and route reflectors MUST support "BGP-MPLS IP Virtual Private Network (VPN) Extension for IPv6 VPN" [RFC 4659] MT IS-IS & MPLS =============== There's another gotcha that we totally missed: MT for IS-IS (RFC 5120) should be mentioned and it should be MANDATORY in combination with MPLS (otherwise you might experience some weird symptoms if you decide to run some IPv6 natively). The "Router or Layer 3 switch" equipment section thus needs two more items: MANDATORY --------- * If MPLS Traffic Engineering is used in combination with IS-IS routing protocol, the equipment MUST support "M-ISIS: Multi Topology (MT) Routing in Intermediate System to Intermediate Systems (IS-ISs)" [RFC 5120] OPTIONAL -------- * When IS-IS routing protocol is requested, the equipment SHOULD support "M-ISIS: Multi Topology (MT) Routing in Intermediate System to Intermediate Systems (IS-ISs)" [RFC 5120] (this support is highly recommended) Best, Ivan Pepelnjak www.ioshints.info

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IPv6 Crawler and Matrix now on RIPE Labs
by Mirjam Kuehne 20 Oct '10

20 Oct '10

Dear colleagues, The UK ISOC chapter together with the Nile University in Egypt have developed an IPv6 crawler and matrix. You can now find the description including a pointer to the tool and the maps showing the results on RIPE Labs: http://labs.ripe.net/Members/mirjam/ipv6-crawler-and-matrix Kind Regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE Labs

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more on IPv6 CPEs
by João Damas 19 Oct '10

19 Oct '10

http://blog.comcast.com/2010/10/comcast-donates-additional-ipv6-open-source… Posted by Richard Woundy, SVP, Software and Applications, in Broadband "Comcast has now released additional free open source software that may help facilitate the industry's and end users' transition to IPv6. We are releasing home gateway device (a.k.a. home router) software, which is available here as open source, developed in conjunction with Xavient Information Systems. While it is very important that home gateway devices to support native IPv6, devices may still need to handle situations where tunnel-based IPv6 transition technology would be used. Thus, this software release supports cases where either IPv6 is tunneled over IPv4 using 6RD, or IPv4 is tunneled over IPv6 using Dual-Stack Lite. More information is available on the Comcast IPv6 Information Center."

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New on RIPE Labs: Study on IPv6 Background Radiation
by Mirjam Kuehne 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

[apologies for duplicates] Dear colleagues, Geoff Huston has done an interesting study on "Background Radiation in IPv6". The results are published on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/mirjam/background-radiation-in-ipv6 Kind Regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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US government IPv6 mandate
by Shane Kerr 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

All, Old-ish news, but I only saw this just now: http://news.techworld.com/networking/3241574/obama-administration-issues-ip… I look forward to success stories of people trying to get US visas using IPv6. ;) -- Shane

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