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

Thu May 24 14:40:29 SAST 2012

Thanks for the links Inigo! I should try pfsense even if m0n0wall works
well :)

2012/5/24 Iñigo Ortiz de Urbina <inigo at infornografia.net>

> 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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> > 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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*تحياتي ، **Cordialement, Regards*
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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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