Please excuse any cross posting It is WorldIPv6 Day today 8th June 2011. www.worldipv6day.org. Dr. Olivier Crepin-Leblond has asked if I can send this out to people I believe interested in IPv6 deployment.
I am honoured to do so for a project he has led that is giving us useful information on IPv6 penetration. It is also really good to see the collaboration with Nile University in Egypt with the UK ISOC chapter and service providers. It emphasises the global rationale that is needed when making our connectivity choices. On a personal note I would welcome receiving links and information on IPv6 activities from participants or those wanting to find more information in the UK on the day and follow ups. Please let me know though if you do NOT want me to share. best regards Christian
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LONDON - 8 June 2011 In preparation for the World IPv6 Day on 8th June 2011, the English Chapter of the Internet Society has released the latest figures from its IPv6 Matrix Project, showing the level of IPv6 connectivity amongst the world's 1 million busiest Web sites. A summary of those results can be found in its latest report, freely downloadable from: http://www.ipv6matrix.org/reports IPv6 reachable content needs to be available in order for IPv6 traffic to pick-up on the Internet. The IPv6 Matrix Project consists of a crawler testing connectivity to the world's busiest Web sites. Those are responsible for more than 95% of the Internet's traffic. The report shows that only a very small minority of Web sites are currently accessible using IPv6. Although figures worldwide show an increase in percentage of "dual stack" (IPv4 and IPv6) connectivity, this is so low that it can be compared to the Internet's early days, before the mid nineties rush triggered by the invention of Web Browsing. It is hoped that a significant rise in IPv6 connectivity will be observed after the World IPv6 Day, meaning that experimental connectivity on the day was found to be stable enough for corporations to keep their Web site running IPv6. The current results, finalised at the end of April 2011, were compared with September 2010 results. A sharp rise was found in countries where a main Web Hosting provider has upgraded to a dual stack infrastructure, but in most cases, the rise amounted to nothing more than a glitch in absolute values. In general, Europe leads the way, with Asia following, then the American continent, and finally Africa. Considering the advanced stage of exhaustion in the current IPv4 addressing scheme, the figures for IPv6 are very poor. The IPv6 Matrix Project ( http://www.ipv6matrix.org ) is an ISOC England managed project, supported by the Internet Society and other sponsors, collecting vital IPv6 network data since July 2010. To-date more than 70Gb of real networking data has been stored by this unique project for future analysis. The aim of the project is to track the overall natural spread of a new technology on the Internet, showing early and late adopters of technology worldwide. It also aims to trigger a wake-up call to countries noticing the advanced network infrastructure of their neighbours. For all enquiries, contact: [email protected] More information on World IPv6 Day can be found at ISOC E at www.isoc-e.org ISOC www.isoc.org www.worldipv6day.org --------------------------------------------------------- Christian de Larrinaga FirstHand - IP Transitions [email protected] +44-7989-386778
