Category: IPv6
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Join Me On VUC Today At Noon US EDT To Talk IPv6, IoT, WebRTC and more…
Continue Reading: Join Me On VUC Today At Noon US EDT To Talk IPv6, IoT, WebRTC and more…Today at 12 noon US Eastern (in about 3.5 hours), I’ll be part of a panel on the VoIP Users Conference (VUC) talking about IPv6, WebRTC, the Internet of Things (IoT) and much, much more… you should be able to watch it live at live.vuc.me or embedded here:
VUC host Randy Resnick had a scheduled guest be unable to attend and so he asked a group of us to come on for what he is calling a “VUC Vision” session. I will be on there, as will, I believe, Tim Panton and a number of others. I expect the discussion should range over good variety of topics. It should be a good time… you’re welcome to join in the discussion.
It’s probably best to also join the IRC backchannel where links are shared, questions are answered and other comments occur. You also can visit the Google+ event page for the VUC session today where there may be additional links and info.
If you won’t be at your computer, you can also call in via:
- sip:200901@login.zipdx.com
- +1 (646) 475-2098
- Skype:vuc.me
The session will of course be recorded so you can listen/watch later.
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Video Interview: Emil Ivov about how the Jitsi softphone works with IPv6 and DNSSEC
Continue Reading: Video Interview: Emil Ivov about how the Jitsi softphone works with IPv6 and DNSSECHow does the Jitsi softphone work with IPv6? And what role could DNSSEC play with VoIP? At IETF86 earlier this month, I sat down with Emil Ivov, project leader of the Jitsi Project to talk about a wide range of topics including how Jitsi got started and why it does so much with IPv6 (interesting reason!), what they are looking to do with Jitsi now, the role of DNSSEC and why they added that support to Jitsi… and much, much more… I quite enjoyed talking to Emil and the Jitsi project is certainly one that I will continue to watch – and use!If you found this post interesting or useful, please consider either:
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Why World IPv6 Launch Is Critical To Preserve The Open Internet
Continue Reading: Why World IPv6 Launch Is Critical To Preserve The Open InternetWith yesterday’s World IPv6 Launch bringing about the permanent enablement of IPv6 access on thousands of websites around the world (including this one), I recorded a video for the Internet Society’s stream of videos about why I see IPv6 as critical to preserve the “open” nature of the Internet.As I say in the video (below), my big fear is that IPv4 address exhaustion will create a situation where Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will use what is called “carrier-grade NAT (CGN)” or “large-scale NAT (LSN)” to put all their subscribers behind a single public IPv4 address.
The ISPs then become the gatekeepers. They can determine what you will view – or what you will pay to view certain types of content. They could also potentially restrict customer’s access to the next great new service… the next Twitter or Facebook, for instance… until that service pays the ISP for access to customers.
It can completely flip the Internet around from one that thrives on “permission-less innovation” where anyone can create any service and make it available to all… to an Internet that is “permission-based” with gatekeepers controlling access at key points.
The migration to IPv6 does not, of course, remove…
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Out at CES In Las Vegas This Week On The Hunt For IPv6-Enabled Consumer Devices…
Continue Reading: Out at CES In Las Vegas This Week On The Hunt For IPv6-Enabled Consumer Devices…As I noted over on the Deploy360 blog today, I’ll be down at the massive International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week. I’m traveling on Wednesday, at the show Thursday through Saturday and then returning home Saturday evening.I’m there with my team from the Internet Society and one of our primary purposes will be to get a sense of the state of IPv6 support – or NOT – among consumer electronics providers. As large carriers look at how they can roll out IPv6 within their networks, having home equipment that supports IPv6 will become more important in the years ahead.
At the show, we will be meeting with some vendors who want to understand more about how to move their products to IPv6 and also talking with media about the launch of our new Deploy360 site to help accelerate the deployment of IPv6 and DNSSEC. We’ll also be part of a presentation on Saturday with a representative from Comcast explaining IPv6 issues to a IEEE conference for consumer electronics vendors.
And, of course, we’ll be walking all over the show floor seeking out vendors who have IPv6 support. We’ll see what we find!
On a personal…
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And Thus Was Born… the Internet Society Deploy360 Programme!
Continue Reading: And Thus Was Born… the Internet Society Deploy360 Programme!How can we accelerate the usage and deployment of IPv6 and DNSSEC? What are the barriers to getting those technologies more widely deployed? How can we “take away the pain” of getting started with IPv6 and DNSSEC?When I joined the staff of the Internet Society back in late September, the project I joined was charged with looking at questions like that and developing a means to promote online resources that would help speed up the usage of IPv6 and DNSSEC.
Yesterday, after a long 3 months of hard work, we formally announced what we are now calling the “Internet Society Deploy360 Programme” located at:
http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/
On that site, you will find real-world deployment information about how to get started with both technologies. Case studies, how-to documents, links to other sites, and much, much more…
THIS LAUNCH IS JUST THE BEGINNING!
The site is certainly incomplete… we wanted to get the site out there and now my task over the months ahead is to fill the site up with answers to questions and pointers to new information.
We’re not looking to add ALL the information found on the web about IPv6 and DNSSEC, but rather the best information we can…
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Heading to Boston for USENIX LISA 2011 Conference Dec 8 and 9
Continue Reading: Heading to Boston for USENIX LISA 2011 Conference Dec 8 and 9Today I’m driving about 2 hours southeast into downtown Boston to attend the USENIX Large Installation System Administration (LISA) conference. As I wrote about on an ISOC blog, the head of my team within the Internet Society, Richard Jimmerson, will be speaking today at 2pm Eastern on the topic of:IPv6, DNSSEC, RPKI, etc.: What’s the Holdup and How Can We Help?
You’re busy. We get it. This industry moves fast and you’ve got your hands full keeping your networks updated and secure from the threat of the day. But why is it taking so long to deploy IPv6, DNSSEC, and other standards coming out of the IETF? These standards are the future of the Internet, but deployment to date has been slow.
He’ll be outlining the new ISOC project of which I am a part that aims to help speed up the deployment of these standards – and asking for feedback and help. I will be there along with another team member, Megan Kruse, to talk with folks about the project and interact with people involved with IPv6, DNSSEC and other technologies.
It’s been a good number of years since I last attended a USENIX conference but I’m very…
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And So It Begins… Comcast Starts Rolling Out IPv6 Production Network
Continue Reading: And So It Begins… Comcast Starts Rolling Out IPv6 Production NetworkFor those of us wanting to see IPv6 deployed, yesterday brought the great news that Comcast has started rolling out its IPv6 production network to customers.
Now, granted, the initial rollout was to only 100 homes in San Francisco’s East Bay. It is also restricted to a single computer directly connected to a Comcast cable modem. This initial rollout did not support home routers which are typically found for WiFi in many/most homes these days.
Still… it’s a start!
The experience Comcast gains with this initial rollout will only help them with wider rollouts and the inclusion of home routers.
Kudos to Comcast for this start of their IPv6 rollout… I’m looking forward to hearing of other service providers starting their IPv6 deployments! (Time Warner, I’m talking about you! 🙂
UPDATE: Comcast has now come out with two of their own blog posts on this topic:
- Deployment of IPv6 Begins by Jason Livingood
- Technical Details for Our IPv6 Deployment by John Brzozowski
Notice in particular this great part to the technical piece:
It is also important to note that we are deploying native dual stack, which means a customer gets both IPv6 and IPv4 addresses. That means we are…
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Want to Learn About Deploying IPv6, DNSSEC? Attend the ION Conference in Toronto on Nov 14th
Continue Reading: Want to Learn About Deploying IPv6, DNSSEC? Attend the ION Conference in Toronto on Nov 14thWould you like to learn about how to deploy IPv6? Would you like to hear from people who are already using IPv6 within their networks? Would you like to learn a bit about DNSSEC and how it can help you secure your online presence?
If so, please join us in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, for our next “Internet ON” (ION) Conference on Monday, November 14, 2011, starting at 12:30pm and sponsored by the Internet Society (my new employer). The sessions on the agenda include:
- New ISOC Initiative – Bridging the Divide Between IETF Standards and Industry-wide Deployment
- Panel Discussion: Challenges and Opportunities in Deploying IPv6, DNSSEC, and Other Key Technologies
- World IPv6 Day Recap (my presentation)
- Ask the Expert: Next Steps to Implementing IPv6
- Closing Remarks and Q&A
We’re looking forward to providing a great session for people to ask questions and talk about how to get these technologies actually deployed in networks today.
The ION conference is part of the larger 2011 Canadian ISP Summit that takes place on the following two days and is included as part of the registration for the Canadian ISP Summit.
However, registration for the ION conference is FREE if you just want to attend…
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44% of SIP Implementations at SIPit 29 Supported IPv6!
Continue Reading: 44% of SIP Implementations at SIPit 29 Supported IPv6!Last week (Oct 24-27) was the 29th SIPit interoperability test event hosted by ETSI in Monaco. Organizer Robert Sparks has provided his usual outstanding summary of what occurred:
https://www.sipit.net/SIPit29_summary
The key point for me, given my new role, was right up at the top:
44% of the implementations present supported IPv6.
Now, of course ideally we’d like that to be 100%, but hey, it’s at least a good start!
There is also some narrative further down the report about “IPv6 Focused Tests” with some interesting info. One interesting note seems to be this:
Most UAs that supported dual-stack had a configuration to tell the application to ignore any returned AAAAs due to issues encountered in deployments where endpoints autoconfigured IPV6 that didn’t actually work.
In the web world this has been referred to as the “happy eyeballs” problem where a browser will try a DNS AAAA record to get to a site over IPv6 and then eventually will fail back to trying the A record to go over IPv4. The delay will cause the user to be very UNhappy. There are a couple of ways to address the issue with the usual one being to try both IPv6 and IPv4…
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Speaking Next Week on IPv6 and VoIP Security at 7th Real-Time Communications Conference in Chicago
Continue Reading: Speaking Next Week on IPv6 and VoIP Security at 7th Real-Time Communications Conference in ChicagoIf any of you will be in Chicago next week, October 4-6, 2011, for the 7th Annual Real-Time Communications Conference & Expo, I’ll be there on the 5th and 6th as a speaker.I’ll be speaking twice. First on Wednesday the 5th at 4pm on “The Current State of VoIP Security“, wearing my VOIPSA hat and leading off a series of talks about security. I’ll be providing an overview of the main threats to VoIP and communications security in general, leading the way into the two more specific talks following mine.
I’m rather excited that my second session will be my first public appearance wearing my new Internet Society hat (if you are not aware, I’ve posted details about my recent move) and will of course be about IPv6… more specifically “How IPv6 Will Impact SIP And Telecom“.
Due to ongoing events on the personal front, I wasn’t sure that I was going to make it out there… and quite frankly there’s still a chance that I won’t… but I should be out there.
If you look at the conference schedule, the speakers include outstanding people involved with so many different aspects of real-time communications. It should be truly an…