<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello S.M,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for raising the question.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I think this makes much sense, may be we can also make a subtle difference between adoption</div><div class="">and readiness. Adoption can be measured through deployment and usage, readiness is more qualitative</div><div class="">and can be answered through surveys, for e.g. do the operators have IPv6 ready networks equipment,</div><div class="">how IPv6-saavy are they? What percentage of CPEs are IPv6 compatible?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">- IPv6 allocation/assignments in Whois<br class="">- Route6 objects in the IRR<br class="">- Routing policy in the IRR<br class="">- IPv6 prefixes in the routing table<br class="">- IP6.arpa sub-domains delegation<br class="">- DNS over IPv6<br class="">- Org web site over IPv6<br class="">- Etc</blockquote></blockquote></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">To this may I also add:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">DNS</div><div class="">- How many DNS resolvers in Africa are requesting AAAA records</div><div class="">- Prevalence of AAAA records on African ccTLD zones</div><div class="">- How much of DNS queries are done over IPv6</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Topology</div><div class="">- How are the different ASes in the region connected to each other over IPv6</div><div class="">- How much IPv6 traffic is going through African IXPs</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">On the edge</div><div class="">- can we measure end-hosts IPv6 capabilities?</div><div class="">- can we measure usage of tunnelling mechanisms</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 28, 2016, at 2:40 PM, <a href="mailto:sm+afrinic@elandsys.com" class="">sm+afrinic@elandsys.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">Hi Mukom, Amreesh, Logan,<br class="">At 06:30 17-06-2016, ALAIN AINA wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">3- Lets request AFRINIC R&D team to do an IPV6 readiness analysis per member:<br class=""><br class="">- IPv6 allocation/assignments in Whois<br class="">- Route6 objects in the IRR<br class="">- Routing policy in the IRR<br class="">- IPv6 prefixes in the routing table<br class="">- IP6.arpa sub-domains delegation<br class="">- DNS over IPv6<br class="">- Org web site over IPv6<br class="">- Etc<br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">And rank members based on their IPv6 readiness. It will tell where we are and may help folks making decisions.<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">I am contacting you as I would like to have the opinion of the Afrinic Research and Innovation Department about the above. Would the above suggestions help to tell Africa where it is in terms of IPv6 readiness? Are there any changes or improvements which should be made to the above suggestions?<br class=""><br class="">Regards,<br class="">S. Moonesamy <br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>