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A study conducted by RIPE Labs indicates that about 1.89% of spam are received over IPv6. "With the increased deployment of IPv6, we were curious to see how much the amount of spam sent over IPv6 increases.

We looked at the e-mail system of the RIPE NCC and produced some statistics that could be seen as an indication for the overall trend of spam sent over IPv6," says RIPE in a blog post explaining the analysis. Group also notes that the study was based on one week’s worth of data and that it excluded messages already rejected by blacklisting and greylisting.

Joost Tholhuijsen has posted a nice article about the current IPv6 plans of the top 20 Dutch websites.
Only two sites (Google and Youtube) have there content enabled for the the new Internet protocol. The most websites that are in the top 20 are testing IPv6 or making preparation to do so. A few sites didn’t had any plans to deploy IPv6 or weren’t available for comment.

Read the full article (Dutch).

We are running our very popular 4 day Implementing IPv6 training course in London UK in April. This course covers all elements of IPv6 in detail. It is suitable for network managers, systems administrators and technologists who require in depth coverage of IPv6. The course includes comprehensive exercises that cover all aspects of IPv6.

For further details please see the course description at Implementing IPv6. If you wish to book on the course then contact us using this Contact Form.

The Vigor 2130 broadband router from Draytek supports IPv6. The WAN-IPv6-connection can be established via Static IPv6, DHCPv6 and TSPC. The price: 119 Euro. Full manual here.

Source: http://ipv6-or-no-ipv6.blogspot.com

DrayTek IPv6 development

DrayTek Vigor series routers (Vigor2130 series) have already received certification of IPv6 Ready logo program (Phase I – IPv6 Ready Silver logo) to honor our efforts to make devices meet requirements not only for today but also for tomorrow. On the other hand, this achievement represents how dedicated DrayTek commits to our customers. Phase I achievement is only the start point for DrayTek and we will keep customers posted about our future progress.

source: http://www.draytek.com

Maria Häll, Deputy Director for the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications in Sweden, and Co-chair of the RIPE Cooperation Working Group, talks about the role governments can play in encouraging IPv6 deployment in our latest video interview.

For the full transcript, as well as other interviews with community figures, see IPv6 Act Now.

The RIPE Labs website features an interview with Alain Durand at the recent IETF 74 meeting. Alain discusses the type of IPv6 measurements he is doing at Comcast, together with the University of Pennsylvania.

Alain: Before we start I would like to stress that this is a long-term study with the aim to see how the amount of IPv6 content is increasing over time. This project is done in collaboration with Roch Guerin of the University of Pennsylvania.

 

RIPE Labs: How many sites do you see as being accessible through both IPv4 and IPv6?

 

 

Alain: For every scan we measured the percentage of sites from the top  one million Alexa ranked web sites that are accessible via both IPv4 and IPv6. There is a link to the raw data on the bottom of each page [seeFigure-1 below].

 

 

 

 

 

Read the full interview at RIPE Labs.

With just over 10% of IPv4 address space left, the RIPE NCC launches How to Act Now – a guide to making IPv6 deployment simple.

The first ever resource of its kind, How to Act Now provides large and small business and government users with the information necessary to successfully deploy IPv6 in their networks.

Amsterdam, 16th November 2009 – The RIPE NCC, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Europe, the Middle East and parts of Central Asia today launches How to Act Now, a resource to help business and government representatives plan and execute IPv6 deployment. This is the first tool of its kind to focus on deploying IPv6 in a real-world, business environment.

How to Act Now includes expert advice, video clips, and hints and tips on all aspects of planning and implementing IPv6 within your network, no matter how large or small. The content addresses the questions and challenges faced by business and technical representatives from large enterprises, small businesses, ISPs and government organisations when adopting IPv6.

IPv6 (Internet Protocol version six) is the latest version of the Internet addressing protocol. All devices connected to the Internet need an IP address in order to connect to other devices in the network. The majority of the Internet is currently run on IPv4, but only about ten per cent of the address space now remains unallocated. Adoption of IPv6 is vital to enable new users and devices to connect to the Internet.

Organisations that delay IPv6 adoption may face increased costs due to poor procurement planning and rushed deployment. Failure to ensure that all devices and networks are IPv6 compatible could lead to problems communicating with other Internet users and inhibit access to online content and services.

“With most estimates putting IPv4 exhaustion only two years away, at best, it is clear that concerted action on IPv6 deployment is necessary to ensure the stability of the Internet and its continued growth,” comments Axel Pawlik, Managing Director of the RIPE NCC. “Failure to deploy IPv6 ahead of the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses is one of the biggest threats facing the Internet today.”

“With How to Act Now, the RIPE NCC aims to help all organisations, from governments and vendors to ISPs and telcos, to put the adoption and integration of IPv6 at the top of their technology agenda. Deployment of new technology takes time, and as the point of IPv4 exhaustion looms ever closer, time will be the one luxury that we as an industry no longer have.”

How to Act Now will be hosted on IPv6 Act Now, the website operated by the RIPE NCC aimed at raising awareness of IPv4 exhaustion and encouraging IPv6 adoption. One of the world’s five RIRs, the RIPE NCC launched the site in May 2009 as a resource directory for all stakeholders to aid the deployment of IPv6.

Mat Ford, Technology Program Manager with the Internet Society (ISOC), discusses IPv6 deployment, the role of government and the risks of inaction. View more IPv6 testimonial videos, including discussions with Google, Claranet and the Swedish and German governments.

View the latest video testimonial on IPv6 Act Now, an interview with Marco Hogewoning of Dutch ISP XS4ALL. Marco discusses XS4ALL’s experience rolling out of native IPv6 to ADSL customers. View more IPv6 testimonial videos, including discussions with Google, Claranet and the Swedish and German governments.

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Patrik Fältström, Senior Consulting Engineer with Cisco, has served as an advisor to the Swedish government on IT policy since 2003. Here he discusses the role that governments can play in the global deployment of IPv6. For more information on Patrik, see http://www.frobbit.se/paf/. For more on IPv6 deployment, see www.ipv6actnow.org