[LINK] Clth IPv6 Strategy: Probably, Some Day, Not Soon

[Roger Clarke]

[A couple of contrasting presentations from the IPv6 'Summit' 
(conference?) on 19 - 21 November 2007]


The Australian Government's IPv6 Transition Strategy
http://www.ipv6.org.au/summit/talks/Peter_Dale_IPv6.pdf

Preparation stage  -  January 2008 to around December 2009.
Major activities:
-   Stocktake of current ICT infrastructure
-   Training Needs Analysis
-   Threat and Risk Assessment
-   Procurement Policy review
-   Building IPv6 awareness
-   Whole-of-government IPv6 address space discussion.

Reporting
-   Proposed that AGIMO report to CIOC annually, or as required

[Am I alone in finding it remarkable that the above involves 24 
elapsed months?  And that the project reports to its Steering C'tee 
only twice in that time?  There appears to be no intention to provide 
support to the pioneer agencies.  So will the pioneer agencies put 
much effort into passing on their hard-won expertise?

[But who *are* the pioneer agencies?  Defence started planning in 
2004, had a policy in place 3 years ago, in Feb 2005, and it mandates 
transition by ... 2013:
Status of IPv6 in Department of Defence Planning
http://www.ipv6.org.au/summit/talks/Paul_Pappas_IPv6.pdf
To be fair, Defence as a whole is monstrous;  but is there no pilot planned??
There's a small lab test called TIPSTEEL

[Geoff Huston's estimate of IPv4 address pool exhaustion has moved 
out a few months recently, to May 2011.  Maybe the Aust Govt has its 
own pool?
http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/index.html
See also:  http://xkcd.com/195/


Paper: AARNet's Experience with IPv6
http://www.ipv6.org.au/summit/talks/Glen_Turner_Handout_IPv6.pdf
Slides: AARNet's Experience with IPv6
http://www.ipv6.org.au/summit/talks/Glen_Turner_IPv6.pdf
Glen Turner
Australia's Academic and Research Network runs a native IPv6 internet 
service provider network. It offers native IPv6 connections to 
Australia's universities, research institutions and other 
organisations.
This session examines: motivations for full IPv6 support; evaluating 
vendor claims of "IPv6 support", "full support" and value-added 
services; accounting and monitoring; blockers to customer take-up.

[Notes:  AARNet has had IPv6 fully operational for some time (in 
limited form, as early as 2002).  Traffic is still relatively small 
compared with IPv4.  Few ISPs currently run IPv6.  Vendor support is 
only now beginning to mature, and firewall and VPN support is still 
poor.

["Time is running out if you wish to use IPv6 as a potential 
remediation against the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses held by the 
Internet address registries.
"In particular, equipment purchased today will need to run IPv6 within a few
years. Add IPv6 support to the mandatory criteria for network 
equipment purchases.
"For some product categories the claims of vendors cannot be relied 
upon.  You will need to validate claims of support by testing of your 
particular network
design.
"Decide in advance how to handle non-compliance ...


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Visiting Professor in the eCommerce Program      University of Hong Kong
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