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Why is transition to IPv6 needed?
Shernon OsepaManager Regional Affairs Latin America & the
Caribbean
30th CANTO Annual Conference & Trade Exhibition Paradise
Island, the Bahamas13 August 2014
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AgendaWhat is the Internet Society (ISOC)IP numberingHow is the
Internet Governed?Need to transition to IPv6
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Internet SocietyFounded in 1992 by Internet pioneers Not for
profit international organization110+ organizational members60.000+
individual members100+ local chapters worldwide Offices: Africa,
Asia, Europe, LAC, USA ISOCs mission is "to assure the open
development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of
all people throughout the world
We do this by working in the areas of technical standards,
policy development and education/capacity building
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What Made Internet Society Unique?
Over 20 years of leadership at the intersection of Internet
technology, development, and public policyOrganizational home of
the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), which sets global
Internet StandardsTrusted reputation as neutral and unbiased
advocates for the InternetBroad engagement across stakeholders
including industry, government, universities, and civil
societyExpert contributors to the World Economic Forum, United
Nations bodies, Internet Governance Forum(IGF), OECD, etc.Access to
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Explaining IP AddressesIP addresses are the numeric identifiers
used by computers in the different networks when they talk to each
other. We use names but the DNS converts these into IP addresses
and the computers use the numeric addresses to connect to each
other
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How is the Internet governed?Some facts regarding the
InternetThousands of autonomous networks connected233 million
domain names registered by September 2012 (>100 million .com,
>95 million ccTLDs)No central control body (chaos???)Initial
focus was not on control but to create something that could grow to
a much larger scaleMulti-stakeholder model (openness, collaboration
and consensus-oriented decision-making)Governments, Businesses,
Civil Society, Technical CommunityPower is gained by merits not
hierarchyEffectivenessHow it has grown and how stable it is
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Why are IP addresses needed?
For the Internet to continue to grow
Development of the Internet of things: all of kinds of (smart)
devices are being connected to the Internet:Fridge;Alarm
systems;Cars;Airplanes;You name it
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IPv4 versus IPv6
IPv4 is a 32-bit address space232 addresses is
4,294,967,2963,707,764,736 (86%) can be used on normal computersThe
rest are used for multicast, private address space, loopback and so
on
IPv6 (next generation IP-protocol) is a 128-bit address
space2128 addresses is 340 trillion, trillion, trillionThe IETF has
only defined one eighth for use by normal computers so far
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What is the key issue and its solution?IPv4 addresses were fully
allocated on global level (IANA pool is empty)IP addresses are
distributed by regions (five RIRs) and these RIRs are running OUT
of IPv4 addressesThere are all kinds of technical TEMPORARY
solutions being utilized to keep using IPv4 but.
In order for the Internet to continue to grow we need to transit
to IPv6 addresses!!!!
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Thank YouShernon [email protected]
