[Chapter-delegates] NEWS RELEASE: Major Websites Commit to 24-Hour Test Flight for IPv6

Wed Jan 12 09:54:24 PST 2011

yep  -  www.coisoc.org is on IPv6

I second the idea that chapters use this date as a target to become
permanently IPv6 enabled (web and mail ideally).

~Chris

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 10:49, Franck Martin <franck at avonsys.com> wrote:
> www.picisoc.org is on IPv6 as well as www.sfbayisoc.org
>
> I suppose the Luxembourg chapter web site is on IPv6 too.
>
> Any other chapter has their site on IPv6? May be a good time for all
> chapters to make that move?
>
> Great Initiative Leslie!
>
> Let's eat our own dog food in ISOC too ;)
>
> Franck Martin
> http://www.avonsys.com/
> http://www.facebook.com/Avonsys
> twitter: FranckMartin Avonsys
>
> Check your domain reputation: http://gurl.im/b69d4o
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "Leslie Daigle" <daigle at isoc.org>
> To: chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
> Sent: Thursday, 13 January, 2011 3:35:48 AM
> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] NEWS RELEASE: Major Websites Commit to
> 24-Hour        Test Flight for IPv6
>
>
>
> Hi,
> FYI -- drawing your attention to an announcement we've just made of a major
> event we're coordinating for June this year.   I'm quite pleased that the
> major content providers of the world are stepping up to do a visible test
> drive of IPv6, and excited that we have the opportunity to coordinate the
> activity.
> This is a first announcement, and we'll be following up with more detailed
> presentations at upcoming technical meetings.  As the announcement notes, we
> are looking for more participation, and will be especially happy to get some
> major non-US content providers signed up to participate.  It would be great
> if you could help us identify willing content provider participants -- sign
> up is available here:  https://www.isoc.org/isoc/contact/index.php?id=25
> Leslie.
>
>
> Major Websites Commit to 24-Hour Test Flight for IPv6
>
>
>
> “World IPv6 Day” to take place on June 8, 2011
>
>
>
> GENEVA, SWITZERLAND and RESTON, VIRGINIA, USA – 12 January 2011 – Facebook,
> Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO), websites with more than one
> billion combined visits each day, are joining major content delivery
> networks Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) and Limelight Networks (NASDAQ: LLNW), and
> the Internet Society, for the first global-scale trial of the new Internet
> Protocol, IPv6. On June 8, 2011, dubbed “World IPv6 Day,” participants will
> enable IPv6 on their main services for 24 hours. With IPv4 addresses running
> out this year, the industry must act quickly to accelerate full IPv6
> adoption or risk increased costs and limited functionality online for
> Internet users everywhere. The companies are coming together to help
> motivate organizations across the industry—Internet service providers,
> hardware manufacturers, operating system vendors and other web companies—to
> prepare their services for the transition.
>
> The Internet Society is supporting World IPv6 Day as part of its efforts to
> accelerate IPv6 deployment. “2011 is a pivotal year in IPv6 deployment, and
> World IPv6 Day will prove to be an important milestone,” commented Leslie
> Daigle, the Internet Society’s Chief Internet Technology officer. “By
> providing an opportunity for the Internet industry to collaborate to test
> IPv6 readiness we expect to lay the groundwork for large-scale IPv6 adoption
> and help make IPv6 ready for prime time. The greater the scope of the trial,
> the more effective it will be for all participants so we wholeheartedly
> welcome additional participants.”
>
> IPv6, the successor to the protocol currently used on the Internet, was
> designed in the late 1990s but has not seen deployment on a global scale.
> With IPv4 address space running out, the industry cannot afford to wait much
> longer.
>
> Vint Cerf, Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist and co-inventor of the TCP/IP
> protocol stack, commented, "In the short history of the Internet, the
> transition to IPv6 is one of the most important steps we will take together
> to protect the Internet as we know it. It's as if the Internet was
> originally designed with a limited number of telephone numbers, and we're
> soon going to run out." Google has offered a separate IPv6-only version of
> search on ipv6.google.com since early 2008, and during World IPv6 Day the
> company will enable IPv6 for its main websites, including www.google.com and
> www.youtube.com.
>
> Given the diversity of technology that powers the Internet, the global
> nature of the trial is crucial to identify unforeseen problems.
> “Participating in World IPv6 Day will allow us to obtain real-life data that
> we can use to ensure a seamless user experience as we transition to IPv6,”
> said Adam Bechtel, Vice President for Yahoo’s Infrastructure Group. “We
> welcome this opportunity to collaborate with the technical community and
> provide leadership in addressing the scaling challenges facing the
> Internet.”
>
> World IPv6 Day marks a key milestone in enabling more and more computers and
> smart phones to come online. As more of the world moves online, IPv6 will be
> critical for the Internet to reach its full potential as a catalyst for
> growth, innovation and economic prosperity. IPv6 provides over four billion
> times more addresses than IPv4, which will help connect the billions of
> people not connected today.
>
> Facebook views the rollout of IPv6 as a critically important step to keep
> the world connected. “As an industry, we're working together to ensure
> future generations continue to have open and direct access to the Internet
> as we do today," said Jonathan Heiliger, Vice President of Technical
> Operations at Facebook. "The number of web-connected devices is exploding,
> and World IPv6 Day is a crucial step in ensuring they can all communicate."
>
> Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), a leading provider of cloud
> optimization services, will enable customers to participate in World IPv6
> Day. "IPv6 adoption is still in its infancy," said Harald Prokop, Senior
> Vice President of Engineering at Akamai. "We stand ready to support
> customers through this important trial, and believe that early planning and
> testing will ensure a smooth transition to IPv6." To support the transition
> to IPv6, Akamai customers will be able to seamlessly make their existing
> websites available via IPv6 without requiring disruptive changes to their
> origin networking infrastructure.
>
> Tom Coffeen, Director of Global Network Architecture for Limelight Networks,
> said, "As part of our ongoing commitment to IPv6, Limelight Networks today
> is actively delivering customer content over the world’s first fully
> IPv6-compliant content delivery service. We are pleased to participate in
> World IPv6 Day to encourage the adoption of IPv6 across the Internet and to
> transform address resource challenges into innovation and competitive
> advantage for our customers."
>
> One of the goals of World IPv6 Day is to expose potential issues under
> controlled conditions and address them as soon as possible. The vast
> majority of users should be able to access services as usual, but in rare
> cases, misconfigured or misbehaving network equipment, particularly in home
> networks, may impair access to participating websites during the trial.
> Current estimates are that 0.05% of users may experience such problems, but
> participating organizations will be working together with operating system
> manufacturers, home router vendors and ISPs to minimize the number of users
> affected. Participants will also be working together to provide tools to
> detect problems and offer suggested fixes in advance of the trial.
>
> For more information about World IPv6 Day, how to get involved, and links to
> useful information for users, visit www.internetsociety.org/worldipv6day.
>
> About the need for IPv6
>
> IPv4 has approximately four billion IP addresses (the sequence of numbers
> assigned to each Internet-connected device). The explosion in the number of
> people, devices and web services on the Internet means that IPv4 is running
> out of space. IPv6, the next-generation Internet protocol, which provides
> over four billion times more space, will connect the billions of people not
> connected today and will help ensure the Internet can continue its current
> growth rate.
>
> About the Internet Society
>
> The Internet Society is a non-profit organisation founded in 1992 to provide
> leadership in Internet-related standards, education and policy. It is
> dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of the
> Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world. See
> www.internetsociety.org
>
> Leslie Daigle
> Chief Internet Technology Officer
> Internet Society
> daigle at isoc.org
>
>
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