1. IPv6 in North America
North American Global IPv6 Summit June
Tony Hain
Technology Director - IPv6 Forum Technical Directorate
Technical Leader - Cisco Systems

2. Introduction
Perception is that "IPv6 has not taken hold strongly within North America"
IPv4 address space is less of a problem there than the rest of the world
Private sector requires a business case
Activities hint at change
Test beds and early adopters increasing
Wireless infrastructure emerging
Industry and Government are looking at the operational advantages
Increasing allocation of production global addresses
June Page 2

3. The pervasiveness of IT is inevitable
June Page 3

4. IP Address Allocation History
IPv4 protocol published
1985 ~ 1/16 of total space
1990 ~ 1/8 of total space
1995 ~ 1/3 of total space
2000 ~ 1/2 of total space
~ 2/3 of total space
This despite increasingly intense conservation efforts
PPP / DHCP address sharing NAT (network address translation)
CIDR (classless inter-domain routing) plus some address reclamation
Theoretical limit of 32-bit space: ~4 billion devices Practical limit of 32-bit space: ~250 million devices (RFC 3194)
ARIN has 15 /8's not counting the 20 /8's for US corporations (non-defense) or the 64 /8's of the legacy /16's. or ~70 /8's
China has ~ 1 /8 with just students population larger than NA total India has smaller allocation with population expected to surpass China
June Page 4

5. IPv6 Prefix Allocations
June Page 5

6. Vendor status
Most networking equipment vendors already ship IPv6 capable products
Operating system vendors officially support IPv6 in their latest product releases
2003 and beyond: call for APPLICATIONS
Applications must be IPv4/IPv6 version agnostic
Successful deployment is driven by applications
June Page 6

7. Deployment activities
6bone R&D network
185 sites registered including academia, government, research labs, vendors, and ISPs
Planned phase out for cease of operations by July 1, 2006
Academia & Research communities
National and regional infrastructures are gradually moving to dual stacks, & downstream sites are in the planning stages
International partnerships in process
Consumer
Applications and appliances are emerging this year
Substantial availability over next 18 months
June Page 7

8. Deployment activities
Government
Early adopters running IPv6 networks
Leading target for IPv6 promotion (NAv6TF) with IPv6 called out for examination in National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace
Operational networks require validation process
Enterprise
Minimal deployment beyond vendor development networks
Learning curve in architecture and management groups
Deployment gated by application and O.S. upgrade strategy
June Page 8

9. Deployment activities
Exchange points
6tap, 6IIX, NY6IX, PAIX, S-IX(NTT San Jose), …
ISP
Plans are largely driven by customer demand
Lack of explicit demand???
Trial networks are up and running
C&W, Hurricane, MCI, Qwest, Sprint, Stealth, Verio, …
Clear lack of consumer services
Dial, DSL, Cable, FttH, …
Return on investment (RoI) justifications sought
Particularly in the current economic environment
June Page 9

10. Deployment activities
Wireless
U.S. wireless service providers finding it difficult to create a viable business plan under the limited growth IPv4 allocation policies
Some are currently investigating IPv6 as a way forward, with projected phases of R&D ('03), Trials ('04-05), Production deployment ('06)
Several Hot Spots already offer IPv6 connectivity service
June Page 10

11. Deployment concerns Applications Network Management availability
Upgrade availability, certification timeframe, …
Network Management availability
Provisioning, billing, management stations, operator training, …
Security
Maturity of filtering & intrusion detection devices vs. IPv4
Potential new avenues of attack, and transition interactions
IPv6 deployment costs & Return on Investment (RoI)
Software/hardware upgrades, training, …
Business models for new appliances, applications, and services
June Page 11

12. Summary ARIN is actively allocating IPv6 prefixes
Deployment activities are quietly underway
Successful deployment is driven by applications
June Page 12

13. North-American IPv6 Task Force (NAv6TF)
Similar in charter to the other IPv6 Forum regional task forces
Mission: To help promote and foster IPv6 adoption within target industries through Short & Long Term Objectives and Deliverables
Recently, NAv6TF sent its recommendations to the U.S. President’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Board regarding the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace
Meeting at U.S. Global IPv6 summit – June 2003
IPv6 Demonstration Collaborative initiative
(Moonv6)
June Page 13