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

Thu Jan 13 00:44:11 PST 2011

Hi,

Very good Leslie. We will promote the action and the event

Regards,

Borka

S, Leslie Daigle piše:
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> 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.
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> *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 
> <http://ipv6.google.com/>since early 2008, and during World IPv6 Day 
> the company will enable IPv6 for its main websites, including 
> www.google.com <http://www.google.com/>and www.youtube.com 
> <http://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 
> <http://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 <http://www.internetsociety.org/>
>
> Leslie Daigle
> Chief Internet Technology Officer
> Internet Society
> daigle at isoc.org <mailto:daigle at isoc.org>
>
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