The document discusses the current status and distribution of IPv6 deployment by RIPE NCC, highlighting the transition from IPv4 due to address depletion. It outlines allocation policies, current IPv6 address statistics, and the requirement for organizations to obtain IPv6 allocations. The speaker encourages immediate action for IPv6 transition, emphasizing that avoiding the issue is not viable for continued networking growth.

1. IPv6 Deployment and Distribution
in the RIPE NCC Service Region
Marco Schmidt
IP Resource Analyst
Monday, 23 April 2012

2. Topics:
• RIPE NCC
• IPv4 - review and last /8
• IPv6 - current status
• How to get IPv6
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3. RIPE NCC
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4. About RIPE NCC
• One of the five Regional Internet Registries (RIR)
• RIPE NCC service region covers Europe, the
Middle East and parts of central Asia
• Not-for-profit association, based in Amsterdam
• Funded from the membership fee
• more than 8000 members throughout the region
• Neutral, impartial, open and transparent
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5. The five Regional Internet Registries
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6. IPv6 Address Distribution
/3 IANA
/12 RIR
/32 LIR
/48 /56 /48 End User
Allocation PA Assignment PI Assignment
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7. IPv4 - review and last /8
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8. RIPE NCC IPv4 Available Pool
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9. IPv4 Depletion Worldwide
IPv4 Pool in /8’s
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
RIPE NCC AfriNIC LACNIC ARIN APNIC
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10. IPv4 exhaustion phases
IPv4 still available.
RIPE NCC’s allocation RIPE NCC can only
RIPE NCC continues
policy from last /8 distribute IPv6
distributing
now
IANA pool RIPE NCC RIPE NCC
exhausted reaches pool
final /8 exhausted
Each of
the 5 RIRs
given a /8
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11. RIPE NCC’s last /8
• We do things differently!
• Ensures IPv4 access for all members
– 16000+ /22s in a /8
– members can get one /22 (=1024 addresses)
– must already hold IPv6
– must qualify for allocation
• /16 set aside for unforeseen situations
– if unused, will be distributed
• No PI
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12. Transfer of IPv4 Allocations
• Policy 2007-08: Allocation Transfer Policy
– Don’t buy your IPv4 on eBay!
– Transfer unused allocations to another LIR
– Minimum allocation size /21
– Evaluated by RIPE NCC
– Update in RIPE Database
http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/resource-management/listing
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13. Wait and See?
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14. IPv6 - current status
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15. Number of addresses (rounded off)
• IPv4
– 4,000,000,000
• IPv6
– 300000000000000000000000000000000000000
– in /32 are 65,000 /48’s or 16,000,000 /56’s or
4,000,000,000 /64’s
– in /48 are 65,000 /64’s
– in /56 are 256 /64’s
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16. IPv6 Allocations and Announcements
9000
RIPE NCC Allocations
Total Worldwide Announcements
8000
7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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17. IPv6 Ripeness
• Rating system:
– One star if the LIR has an IPv6 allocation
– Additional stars if:
- IPv6 Prefix is announced on router
- A route6 object is in the RIPE Database
- Reverse DNS is set up
–A list of all 4 star LIRs: http://ripeness.ripe.net/
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18. IPv6 RIPEness: 8038 LIRs
1 star
14%
2 stars
6%
3 stars
11%
No IPv6
51%
4 stars
18%
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19. IPv6 RIPEness: Palestine (18 LIRs)
1 star
17%
2 star
0%
6% 3 star
6% 4 star
No IPv6
72%
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20. Comparative IPv6 RIPEness - Absolute
1 star 2 stars 3 stars 4 stars No IPv6
70
52.5
42
35
24
25
2
17.5 5
5
13 6
1 3
2 2 9
1 7 7
1
3
0 0 0
PS (18) JO (35) IL (41) SA (64)
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21. Comparative IPv6 RIPEness - Relative
1 star 2 stars 3 stars 4 stars No IPv6
100%
72% 68% 59% 66% 51%
75%
50%
18%
12%
8% 3%
7% 8% 11%
25% 6%
5% 9%
6% 5%
19% 6%
17% 17%
14% 14%
0%
0% 0%
PS (18) JO (35) IL (41) SA (64) All (8038 LIRs)
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22. IPv6 Enabled ASes in Global Routing
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23. Capacity Building
• Training for LIRs
• IPv6 hands-on workshops and roadshows
– Collaboration with industry and regional Network
Operators Groups (like MENOG)
• Presenting at various conferences and events
• Equipment Requirements document (ripe-501):
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-501
• Labs articles: http://labs.ripe.net
– IPv6 statistics and measurements
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24. Capacity Building: Outreach
• World IPv6 Launch - 6 June 2012
– ISPs,vendors and web companies will permanently
enable IPv6 for their products and services
• IPv6 Act Now website: http://www.ipv6actnow.org/
• RIPEness
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25. Some real world examples
• xs4all
– Dutch Internet Service Provider (ISP)
– 270,000 customers
– Offering IPv6 as standard to home users
since August 2010
– 18.000 customers (7% of customer base) activated
IPv6 by April 2012
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26. Some real world examples
• Hetzner
– Major German Hosting Provider
– Offering IPv6 at no additional cost for servers
– Set-up extremely easy
– IPv6 connectivity production grade
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27. How to get IPv6
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28. Getting an IPv6 allocation from the RIPE NCC
• To qualify, an organisation must:
- Be an LIR
- Have a plan for making assignments within two years
• Minimum allocation size /32
• Allocation size is based on customer numbers
and growth, not on transition technique!
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29. RIPE Policy Proposal 2011-04
• Extension of the Minimum Size for IPv6
Initial Allocation
- Proposes initial allocation up to a /29
- For example, for small LIRs to deploy IPv6 via 6RD
(RFC 5969)
• Proposal currently in Last Call
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30. What does an IPv6 allocation cost?
• /32 = 1 scoring unit
• /31 = 2 scoring units
• points = ∑(2012-1992)x(scoring unit) =20x1+...
Category Points Fee 2012
Extra Small 0 - 16 € 1300
Small - 109 € 1800
Medium - 1040 € 2550
Large - 7728 € 4100
Extra Large > 7728 € 5500
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31. Getting IPv6 PI address space
• To qualify, an organisation must:
- Meet the contractual requirements
for provider independent resources
- LIRs must demonstrate special routing requirements
• Minimum assignment size /48
• PI space can not be used for sub-assignments
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32. Best Scenario: Act Now, Phased Approach
• Change purchasing procedure (feature parity)
• Check your current hardware and software
• Plan every step and test
• One service at a time
- face first
- core
- customers
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33. Don'ts
• Don't separate IPv6 features from IPv4
• Don't do everything in one go
• Don't appoint an IPv6 specialist
- do you have an IPv4 specialist?
• Don't see IPv6 as a product
- the Internet is the product
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34. Business Case
• IPv4 is no longer equal to “the Internet”
• Avoiding the issue does not make it go away
• How much are you willing to spend now to save
money later?
• Only IPv6 allows continued IP networking growth
• Time for excuses is over
“IPv6, act now!”
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35. Questions?