[afripv6-discuss] Fwd: [afgwg-discuss] 6 Steps for Jump-Starting IPv6 Adoption in Government

Victor Ndonnang ndonnang at nvconsulting.biz
Thu May 24 14:32:32 SAST 2012


Hi Inigo,
Thanks for your comments and useful links.
Best regards
Victor.


-----Message d'origine-----
De : Iñigo Ortiz de Urbina [mailto:inigo at infornografia.net] 
Envoyé : jeudi 24 mai 2012 12:18
À : IPv6 in Africa
Cc : ndonnang at nvconsulting.biz
Objet : Re: [afripv6-discuss] Fwd: [afgwg-discuss] 6 Steps for Jump-Starting IPv6 Adoption in Government

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 11:46 AM, nabil benamar <benamar73 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Victor,
>
> I have created a tunnel 6in4 with he.net and I have used there free DNS
> service to configure the zone! that's all
> However you can do much more with he.net. for example, you can ask for /48
> prefix and configure m0n0wall to advertise your prefix in you LAN. With this
> solution you can have an entire LAN with ipv6 global addresses...and with no
> cost!!
>

Perhaps a tad bit aggressive statement, but I would recommend against
m0n0wall, as it has not been updated in more than a year now.

Projects like PFSense [1] are maintained actively [2] and they offer
professional support, if needed.

Also, OpenBSD [3,4] makes a great platform for networking (and
learning! :-) and it comes with everything you need to get IPv6 up and
running in your LAN, right in the base system (pf, radvd, DNS, ntp,
BGP, MPLS, OSPF et cetera). </advocacy of a happy user>

Have a nice day everyone,

[1] http://www.pfsense.org/
[2] https://github.com/bsdperimeter/
[3] http://www.openbsd.org/
[4] http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html,
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/fr/faq6.html

> regards
>
>
> 2012/5/24 Victor Ndonnang <ndonnang at nvconsulting.biz>
>>
>> Dear Nabil,
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you very much for sharing your experience. Can you tell us more
>> about how you managed to make your web site IPv6 ready?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Victor.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> De : afripv6-discuss-bounces at afrinic.net
>> [mailto:afripv6-discuss-bounces at afrinic.net] De la part de nabil benamar
>> Envoyé : mercredi 23 mai 2012 23:30
>> À : IPv6 in Africa
>> Objet : Re: [afripv6-discuss] Fwd: [afgwg-discuss] 6 Steps for
>> Jump-Starting IPv6 Adoption in Government
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I read your discussion about IPv6 deployment in Africa, and I agree that
>> when there is a lack of clear plan for migration in ISP side, one can do
>> something else to discover the second Internet (with IPv6). It's my case!
>> And my website nabilbenamar.com is perhaps, until these days, the only one
>> in Morocco which is IPv6 ready!
>>
>> regards
>>
>> 2012/5/23 Adiel Akplogan <adiel at afrinic.net>
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> > From: "Adiel A. Akplogan" <adiel at akplogan.com>
>> > Date: May 23, 2012 13:50:59 PM GMT+04:00
>> > To: afgwg-discuss at afrinic.net
>> > Subject: [afgwg-discuss] 6 Steps for Jump-Starting IPv6 Adoption in
>> > Government
>> >
>> > You may find this article interesting.
>> >
>> >
>> > http://www.govtech.com/policy-management/6-Steps-for-Jump-Starting-IPv6-Adoption-in-Government.html
>> >
>> > May 22, 2012 By Brian Heaton
>> >
>> > Confused on how to adopt IPv6 for your state or local government
>> > website? If so, you’re likely not alone.
>> >
>> > Sixty percent of enterprise IT teams don’t have an IPv6 plan in place,
>> > according to a recent survey by Infoblox, a provider of automated network
>> > controls. But fear not — joining the IPv6 movement may be easier than you
>> > think.
>> >
>> > Paul Ebersman, IPv6 evangelist with the Infoblox IPv6 Center of
>> > Excellence, said that while the change involves Internet connectivity,
>> > government tech professionals shouldn’t assume the only equipment that needs
>> > to be IPv6-capable is networking technology. IPv6 is the Internet’s
>> > next-generation protocol that, unlike the current IPv4 standard, has
>> > essentially an inexhaustible number of IP addresses.
>> >
>> > “The reality is it’s a complete change in how the Internet works below
>> > that affects everything,” Ebersman said of IPv6 adoption. “Things you don’t
>> > think about [such as] hardware, software, applications, wireless video
>> > cameras, legacy gear in your accounting department. You need to discover
>> > what all of those things are and see if you have a migration path for those
>> > devices.”
>> >
>> > In addition, one of the key steps government agencies should consider is
>> > making a commitment to only buy new equipment that is IPv6 compliant. This
>> > way, over time a government’s normal technology refresh cycle will naturally
>> > filter out non-IPv6 devices.
>> >
>> > Ebersman felt putting that mandate in place would be “huge” for
>> > governments wanting to move to IPv6, without altering budget practices or
>> > bid cycles much, except to add an additional requirement to the process.
>> >
>> > Focused specifically on website compatibility, however, the Infoblox
>> > IPv6 Center of Excellence provided six basic steps that state and local
>> > governments can take to make their websites accessible to IPv6 devices:
>> >
>> >       • Get IPv6 addresses from your Regional Internet Registry (RIR) or
>> > Internet service provider;
>> >       • Get IPv6 connectivity from your ISP;
>> >       • Identify candidate Web and DNS server(s) and the supporting
>> > network(s) for IPv6 adoption;Audit Web and DNS server(s) and the supporting
>> > network(s) for IPv6 support;
>> >       • For Web and DNS server(s) as well as supporting network(s)
>> > configure dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 (or employ appropriate transition
>> > technology); and
>> >       • Publish IPv6 DNS records (AAAAs) for the main website.
>> > IPv6 Needed
>> > IP addresses are the identifying numbers given to each device that goes
>> > online. IPv4, a protocol with those numbers, was launched in 1981 and has
>> > about 4 billion addresses. But with the sharp increase of devices connecting
>> > to the Internet, the last of those IPv4 number has been assigned. To meet
>> > the increased demand, IPv6 was created.
>> >
>> > The challenge facing technology professionals is that IPv4 and IPv6
>> > can’t be merged. Both versions need to run parallel. There are short-term
>> > solutions, such as assigning an IPv6 address to a temporary IPv4 number, but
>> > as more devices connect to the Web inevitably the final IPv4 numbers will be
>> > used up and those devices will be wholly dependent on IPv6 numbers.
>> >
>> > At some point, domains that aren’t running the IPv6 protocol will not be
>> > able accessible to those devices operating with only an IPv6 IP address,
>> > thus the push for IPv6 adoption.
>> >
>> > So why do some agencies and companies in the U.S. still lack an IPv6
>> > plan? Ebersman said the delay is likely due to a lack of understanding that
>> > there actually is an IP address shortage. He explained that the U.S. has had
>> > a wealth of IPv4 space compared to the rest of the world, so the urgency
>> > hasn’t been present until now.
>> >
>> > In addition, mobile connectivity and “bring-your-own-technology”
>> > initiatives are acting as another driver for IPv6 adoption. In the past,
>> > handheld devices traditionally didn’t have the bandwidth capabilities that
>> > computers did, but widespread use of tablets has changed the playing field,
>> > Ebersman explained.
>> >
>> > “Even though you don’t think you have a need to provide IPv6
>> > connectivity, suddenly a whole class of your customers and users that you
>> > are supporting actually do need to have that,” Ebersman said, referring to
>> > local and state governments that are now seeing more citizens accessing
>> > official websites via mobile devices.
>> >
>> > “While most of the wireless providers are doing transition technologies,
>> > the performance is not the same as it would be with native IPv6,” he added.
>> > “There will be a performance difference users will see if you enable v6 as
>> > well as v4 on your website.”
>> >
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>> تحياتي ، Cordialement, Regards
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> نبيل بنعمرو Nabil Benamar
>> Professor of computer sciences
>> Simulation and Modelisation Laboratory
>>
>> Human Sciences Faculty of Meknes
>> Moulay Ismail University
>> Meknes, Morocco
>> GSM:  + 212 6 70832236
>> http://nabilbenamar.com/
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>
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> نبيل بنعمرو Nabil Benamar
> Professor of computer sciences
> Simulation and Modelisation Laboratory
> Human Sciences Faculty of Meknes
> Moulay Ismail University
> Meknes, Morocco
> GSM:  + 212 6 70832236
> http://nabilbenamar.com/
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