The future of IPv4 in Europe, Middle East & Central Asia. IPv6 deployment in the Middle East.

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Kjell Leknes
IP Resource Analyst
IPv4 Future &
IPv6 in the Middle East

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The Internet Registry System
IANA
AFRINIC
Africa
APNIC
Asia Pacific
ARIN
North America
LACNIC
Latin America
RIPE NCC
Eurasia
Middle East

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The RIPE community
• Open to anyone interested
• Includes businesses, governments, regulators, law
enforcement agencies, civil society, academia, and
private citizens
• Participation through mailing lists and by attending
meetings

4. Future of IPv4

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IANA IPv4 Pool - Path To Exhaustion

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IPv4 Exhaustion and the RIPE NCC

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Obtaining More IPv4
• New policy might allow one /22 every 18 months
• More IPv4 address space available through transfers
• Listing service available for those wanting to trade

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RIPE NCC IPv4 Pool

9. IPv6 in the Middle East

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IPv6 Allocations by Country
0
75
150
225
300
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IPv6 RIPEness
• A rating system that awards “stars”
• A member scores one star each for:
- Holding an IPv6 allocation
- Announcing the IPv6 allocation in BGP
- Registering a route6 object in the RIPE Database
- Setting up reverse DNS for the IPv6 allocation
- Offering content or access over IPv6

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IPv6 RIPEness in the Region
Middle East
No IPv6
307
4 Stars
38
3 Stars
92
2 Stars
97
1 Star
503
Bahrain
No IPv6
4
4 Stars
1
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
3
1 Star
7

13. Questions