[afripv6-discuss] Re: afripv6-discuss Digest, Vol 84, Issue 12

Fri Jul 26 15:31:11 SAST 2013

Hi,

Congratulations.
it's a nice thing and Cameroun could help others country in central Africa.
If you need help, please don't hesitate.

Best regards

Yvon Atsiba, Eng. ITILV3
001 581 998-0224

2013/7/26 bouba <djamaab at yahoo.fr>

> Hello everyone,
> just to inform you that my organisation is developing the Cameroon
> strategy for migration to IPv6 with the support of AfriNIC.
> cordially.
>
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> Djamaa BOUBA
> Director of Normalisation and Cooperation
> National Agency for ICTs
> Yaoundé-Cameroun
> Email (Pro) : bouba at antic.cm
> GSM : +237 77 32 46 17
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>   1. Re: IPv6 on NetASQ firewall U450-A? (Nishal Goburdhan)
>   2. Re: IPv6 on NetASQ firewall U450-A (Loganaden Velvindron)
>   3. African IPv6 Progress vs Rest of the World (Mukom Akong T.)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 12:56:32 +0200
> From: Nishal Goburdhan <ndg at ieee.org>
> Subject: Re: [afripv6-discuss] IPv6 on NetASQ firewall U450-A?
> To: IPv6 in Africa <afripv6-discuss at afrinic.net>
> Message-ID: <345FE82E-C5BE-4ED2-98B2-D628736551EF at ieee.org>
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> On 24 Jul 2013, at 1:41 PM, sara at suin.edu.sd wrote:
>
> > Hi every one
>
> hi sara,
>
> > I'm looking for some helping in getting some equipment in our network
> IPv6 enabled.
> >
> > In our organisation we have a NetASQ firewall U450-A. Software version
> 9.0.1.
> > And, of course, we want to enable IPv6 on it, os that we can connect the
> rest of our network...
> > We already know that IPv6 Routing of IPv6 packets is now supported on
> this software version, but this option appears to be disabled by default
> and can only be configured in the CLI.
> > I'm not certain of the best approach to doing this; one thing that
> worries me, is that hacking around in the CLI might not necessarily produce
> the results that we need.
> >
> > I've written to the NetASQ support team twice now for assistance, as I
> can't seem to find any documentation online to support what I'd need.
> > Sadly, they have not responded yet.
> > So, I thought I'd reach out to the community for assistance.
> > Does anyone have here have contacts at NetASQ, or experience using this
> device for IPv6 ?
>
> i don't.  and i agree - it's probably not a good idea to chance the CLI
> without vendor assistance, as future upgrade could easily nullify your work.
> i don't have experience with that, and, sadly, don't know anyone that has,
> either.
>
> what i could suggest:
> * do you have a spare device like this, that you can run tests on?  that
> sounds obvious, but if you do, and if you can get it online in some sort of
> controlled lab environment, perhaps the good folks here can assist.  i know
> a few folks that wouldn't mind poking around on new/different hardware...
> * my google-fu says that 9.0.1 is the last version of code for your
> platform;  i'm *always* wary of advising folks to use the "newest and
> greatest" in their production environments.  operational clue says that you
> let this bake in for a while before use.  in your case, my worry for you
> would be that there doesn't seem to be a later release available for you;
> so if you do run into a service affecting problem, you don't have any other
> recourse.
>
> it's disappointing that your vendor isn't responding.  have you tried your
> reseller (the person you purchased this from) ?
> (i wonder if vendors truly realise the detriment that they create through
> non-support in today's well-connected society :-/)
>
> my usual rule of:  vote with your wallet, is probably useful to apply
> here  ;-)
> have you considered an alternative - say FreeBSD + pf, or is that not an
> option?
>
>
> --n.
>
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>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 18:02:13 +0400
> From: Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [afripv6-discuss] IPv6 on NetASQ firewall U450-A
> To: IPv6 in Africa <afripv6-discuss at afrinic.net>
> Message-ID:
>     <CAOp4FwSivJ0dWrPd-4MYs444icjsLgtjrDA3u07d_P8jLWqyTw at mail.gmail.com>
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> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Nishal Goburdhan <ndg at ieee.org> wrote:
>
> > On 24 Jul 2013, at 1:41 PM, sara at suin.edu.sd wrote:
> >
> > > Hi every one
> >
> > hi sara,
> >
> > > I'm looking for some helping in getting some equipment in our network
> > IPv6 enabled.
> > >
> > > In our organisation we have a NetASQ firewall U450-A. Software version
> > 9.0.1.
> > > And, of course, we want to enable IPv6 on it, os that we can connect
> the
> > rest of our network...
> > > We already know that IPv6 Routing of IPv6 packets is now supported on
> > this software version, but this option appears to be disabled by default
> > and can only be configured in the CLI.
> > > I'm not certain of the best approach to doing this; one thing that
> > worries me, is that hacking around in the CLI might not necessarily
> produce
> > the results that we need.
> > >
> > > I've written to the NetASQ support team twice now for assistance, as I
> > can't seem to find any documentation online to support what I'd need.
> > > Sadly, they have not responded yet.
> > > So, I thought I'd reach out to the community for assistance.
> > > Does anyone have here have contacts at NetASQ, or experience using this
> > device for IPv6 ?
> >
> > i don't.  and i agree - it's probably not a good idea to chance the CLI
> > without vendor assistance, as future upgrade could easily nullify your
> work.
> > i don't have experience with that, and, sadly, don't know anyone that
> has,
> > either.
> >
> > what i could suggest:
> > * do you have a spare device like this, that you can run tests on?  that
> > sounds obvious, but if you do, and if you can get it online in some sort
> of
> > controlled lab environment, perhaps the good folks here can assist.  i
> know
> > a few folks that wouldn't mind poking around on new/different hardware...
> > * my google-fu says that 9.0.1 is the last version of code for your
> > platform;  i'm *always* wary of advising folks to use the "newest and
> > greatest" in their production environments.  operational clue says that
> you
> > let this bake in for a while before use.  in your case, my worry for you
> > would be that there doesn't seem to be a later release available for you;
> >  so if you do run into a service affecting problem, you don't have any
> > other recourse.
> >
> > it's disappointing that your vendor isn't responding.  have you tried
> your
> > reseller (the person you purchased this from) ?
> > (i wonder if vendors truly realise the detriment that they create through
> > non-support in today's well-connected society :-/)
> >
> > my usual rule of:  vote with your wallet, is probably useful to apply
> here
> >  ;-)
> > have you considered an alternative - say FreeBSD + pf, or is that not an
> > option?
> >
> >
> >
> NetASQ uses FreeBSD as its embedded OS. I think that a FreeBSD box is a
> sensible solution, and you
> can get pretty good support by asking on freebsd-net or IRC.
>
>
>
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> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 18:51:46 +0100
> From: "Mukom Akong T." <mukom.tamon at gmail.com>
> Subject: [afripv6-discuss] African IPv6 Progress vs Rest of the World
> To: IPv6 in Africa <afripv6-discuss at afrinic.net>
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> http://v6asns.ripe.net/v/6?s=_RIR_AfriNIC;s=_ALL
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> This from a link shared by Graham on AfNOG mailing list late last year.
> Seem we Africans used to lead the world in IPv6 deployment but then fell
> behind in May 2009. Also seems that from Dec. 2012, the gap is widening as
> we get left behind .... again.
>
> Just wondering
>
> a) What happened when we were ahead?
> b) How did we loose the lead?
> c) How can we transform the massive interest around the continent into
> successful deployments?
>
>
>
> Mukom Akong T.
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