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

[Christopher Wilkinson]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12183098

The story has been picked up by the BBC with link to <http://test-ipv6.com/ 
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CW


On 12 Jan 2011, at 15:35, Leslie Daigle wrote:

>
>
> 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
>
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>
> “World IPv6 Day” to take place on June 8, 2011
>
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>
> 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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