The document discusses the need for organizations to adopt IPv6 before the depletion of IPv4 addresses. It notes that IPv4 addresses are projected to be exhausted in April 2011, while only 5% remain unallocated. The Regional Internet Registry RIPE NCC works to raise awareness of this issue and help organizations obtain IPv6 allocations. It also engages stakeholders through various forums and meetings to facilitate the transition to IPv6.

1. IPv6, Act Now!
National Norwegian Meeting on IPv6
Alex Band – Product Manager
Chris Buckridge – External Relations Officer

2. • One of the five Regional Internet Registries
• Support coordination of Internet operations
• Not for profit membership organisation
• Over 7000 active members
- 650 new members in 2009
• Neutral, Impartial, Open, Transparent
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RIPE NCC

3. The Five Regional Internet Registries
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4. IPv4 Address Distribution
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Allocation PA Assignment PI Assignment
IANA
End User
LIR
RIR
/0
/21
/8
/25/23 /25

5. 0
64
128
192
256
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
IPv4 Allocation Timeline
IANA Pool of IPv4 Addresses
Data Projection
Today
5
12 blocks

6. IPv4 Address Pool
APNIC
LACNIC
ARIN
AfriNIC
RIPE NCC
Organisations
Other IANA
less than
5%available
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7. Reaching the Next Billion
• Around 1.9 billion Internet users now
- five times as many as there were in the year 2000
- around 29% of all people
• Mobile phones are becoming Internet devices
• The Internet of things
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8. 8
Wait and See?

9. IPv6 Address Basics
• IPv6 address: 128 bits
- 32 bits in IPv4
• Every subnet should be a /64
• Customer assignments (sites) between:
- /64 (1 subnet)
- /48 (65,536 subnets)
• Minimum allocation size /32
- 65,536 /48s
- 16,777,216 /56s
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10. Getting an IPv6 Allocation
• To qualify, an organisation must:
- Be an LIR
- Have a plan for making assignments
• Minimum allocation size /32
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11. What Does an IPv6 Allocation Cost?
• /32 = 1 scoring unit
• /31 = 2 scoring units
• points = ∑(2010-1992)x(scoring unit) =18x1+...
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Category Points Fee 2010
Extra Small 0 - 16 € 1300
Small - 111 € 1800
Medium - 936 € 2550
Large - 7116 € 4100
Extra Large > 7116 € 5500

12. IPv6 RIPEness
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• 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

13. IPv6 RIPEness – Total Membership
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No IPv6
69%
4 stars
10%
3 stars
7%
2 stars
4%
1 star
10%
1 star 2 stars 3 stars 4 stars No IPv6

14. IPv6 RIPEness – Norway (152 LIRs)
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No IPv6
55%
4 stars
11%
3 stars
8%
2 stars
9%
1 star
17%
1 star 2 stars 3 stars 4 stars No IPv6

15. IPv6 RIPEness – Your Neighborhood
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54%
1 star 2 stars 3 stars 4 stars No IPv6
62%
66% 62%
Germany Denmark
SwedenFinland

16. IPv6 Enabled Networks in Global Routing
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0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
All Norway Sweden Germany

17. What We Know
• RIRs have been consistently allocating around
10 /8s each year worldwide
• There were 12 /8s remaining at the IANA as of
18 October 2010 (less than 5%)
• Projected exhaustion of unallocated IPv4 pool:
April 2011
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18. What We Are Doing
• Raise awareness of the problem
- Different roles for different sectors
- Industry, government, civil society, technical
community
• Education
- Technical knowledge for stakeholders that need it
• Ensure IPv6 is accessible to all
• Engage with ALL stakeholders
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19. • Policy forum
- Not a legal entity
- No official membership
- Open to everyone
• No voting
- Consensus decision making
• Work happens at meetings and on mailing lists:
- Working Groups
- Task forces
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RIPE Community

20. RIPE Policy Development Process
• Open
- Anyone can participate
- Policy meetings
- Mailing lists
• Transparent
- List discussions archived publicly
- Meetings transcribed
• Developed bottom-up
- By the Internet community
- “Self-regulation” model
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21. Flow of Information
RIPE
community
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Government
RIPE Cooperation Working
Group
RIPE NCC Government
Roundtables

22. RIPE NCC Roundtable Meetings
• Regular events since 2005
- Held in Amsterdam and the Middle East (planning)
• Participants
- 40+ Governments representatives from 18+ countries
• Topics covered
- IPv6 deployment
- IPv4 depletion
- Internet governance
- DNSSEC
- Resource certification
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23. RIPE Cooperation Working Group
• Formed in 2008
- After work by the Enhanced Cooperation Task Force
• Focus on cooperation between private and
public sectors
• Encouraging participation and input from
stakeholders outside the traditional RIPE
community
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24. Other Fora
• Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
- Participating since WSIS (2003) and first IGF (2006)
- Co-organised IPv6 workshops at IGF 2009 and 2010
- Currently planning for future IGF events
• International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
- IPv6 Group (since March 2010)
- NRO presence at Plenipotentiary 2010
• OECD
- NRO contributed to the Ministerial Meeting in 2008
- RIPE NCC is a founding member of the Internet
Technical Advisory Committee (ITAC)
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25. Other Fora
• European Commission
- IPv6 Deployment Monitoring Survey 2009, 2010
- IPv6 Workshops
- 6Deploy
• MENOG/RIPE NCC IPv6 Roadshow
- Standalone workshop hosted by a government or
enterprise organisation
• Technical community events
- NOGs, Internet Exchange Point (IXP) meetings
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26. Rome, Italy – 15-19 November 2010
http://ripe.net/meetings
Join Us at the Next RIPE Meeting!
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27. Questions?
Questions?
Alex: alexb@ripe.net
Chris: chris@ripe.net
www.ipv6actnow.org
@RIPE_NCC