Presentation given by Ondřej Caletka at IPv6 Council Annual Meeting 2022 in London, England on 28 November 2022

1. The RIPE NCC perspective
Ten years of IPv6
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About RIPE and RIPE NCC
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• A forum open to everyone
• No membership, no voting
• Developing policies based on
rough consensus
• Membership-based association
• Regional Internet Registry for
Europe, the Middle East and parts
of Central Asia
• Implements Policies decided by
the RIPE community

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Address space distribution
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Users
Regional Internet Registry (RIR): The RIPE NCC
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
Internet Service Providers
IANA
RIR
LIR
ISP
Local Internet Registries
Optional

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IPv4 in the RIPE NCC
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After 14 September 2012 /22 to every LIR, only once
Last /8 reached
After 25 November 2019 Waiting list for /24 per LIR
No more IPv4
Now 1K LIRs on the waiting list 10+ months waiting time
Needs-based approach
More than /8 in the pool
Then

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IPv4 Waiting List
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IPv6 in the RIPE NCC Region
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Users
IANA
RIR
LIR
ISP
IANA distributes 2000::/3
LIRs receive ALLOCATIONs ⟶ /32, /29…
SUB-ALLOCATIONs
The RIPE NCC receives ALLOCATIONs ⟶ /12s
PA Assignments PA Assignments PI Assignments

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IPv6 Milestones
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IPv6 allocation required
by last /8 IPv4 policy
IPv6 no longer required
for IPv4 allocation
First allocations of /35
1999
Allocation size of /32
2002
Provider Independent
Assignments
2009
Allocation size up to /29
2012
IPv6 transfers
2015
Runout of 2a00::/12
2019

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The IPv6 pool of RIPE NCC
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IPv6 allocations in the BGP
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10. Questions ?
Ondrej.Caletka@ripe.net
@ripencc