IPv6 Status in Saudi Arabia

IPv6 Status in Saudi Arabia

November 7th, 2013

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Ibraheem Al-Furaih

GM, Internet Services, CITC

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Meeting Agenda:

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Time Presentation

8:30 am – 9:00 am Registration

Session 1

9:00 am – 10:30 am

Welcoming Speech

IPv6 Status in Saudi Arabia, Dr. Ibraheem AlFuraih (CITC)

IPv6 Most Common Challenges, Amer Mustafa (GAMA)

RIPE NCC Update, Marco Hogewoning (RIPE NCC)

10:30 am - 11:00 am Coffee Break

Session 2

11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Yesser IPv6 Deployment Approach, Fahad Al Otaibi (Yasser)

IPv6 Progress Status in STC, Salah Almofleh (STC)

IPv6 Security Considerations, Motaz Alturayef (Mobily)

The Pitfalls of IPv6 Address Choice? Available Options in the

RIPE Region, Gert Doering (IPv6 Consultant)

12:30 PM Prayer and Lunch

Recap of Previous IPv6 Task Force Meetings

Kick-off meeting of the National IPv6 Task Force (July 30, 2008)

2nd Meeting, September 21st, 2008 (CITC)

3rd Meeting, November 18th, 2008 (CITC)

4th Meeting, January 21st, 2009 (KACST)

5th Meeting, March 15th,2009 (STC)

6th Meeting, May 17th , 2009 (Mobily)

7th Meeting, October 25th ,2009 (Atheeb)

8th Meeting, March 16th,2010 (Italtel)

9th Meeting, October 2010 (CITC)

10th Meeting, October 2011(CITC)

11th Meeting, May 2012 (Mobily)

12th Meeting, November 2012 (HP)

13th Meeting, May 2013 (AWAL)

14th Meeting, November 2013 ( GAMA)

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Internet Penetration

4 Source: CITC e-newsletter, September 2013 (citc.gov.sa)

Fixed BB Market Evolution

Source: CITC e-newsletter, September 2013 (citc.gov.sa)

Mobile BB Market Evolution

Source: CITC e-newsletter, September 2013 (citc.gov.sa)

IPv4 Current State in Saudi Arabia

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• 6.34 Million IPv4 Addresses

• 93.76% Advertised

• 0.432 IPv4 Address Per Capita

(Source: http://resources.potaroo.net/iso3166/v4cc.html )

IPv4 Cumulative Status KSA As of November 2013 - RIPE NCC

270336 307200

348416

372992

482560

633088

1003520

1387008

1687552

2189313 3099648

3430912 4353536

6326528

6334464

6338048

0

1000000

2000000

3000000

4000000

5000000

6000000

7000000

IPv4 Address Space

Status of each of the 256 /8s from the NRO report (http://www.nro.net/statistics/), As of September 2013

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3rd of February 2011, IANA has assigned the last /8

IPv4 block

Expected RIRs Depletion

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Source: http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/

Today

Objectives &Strategy Tracks

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Strategy Objectives

•Prepare for the IPv4 exhaustion by supporting IPv6 and ensure stability, business continuity and room for continued growth of the internet in Saudi Arabia

•Smooth adaption of IPv6 by stakeholders and minimize risks

•Raise overall IPv6 awareness nationwide by approaching stakeholders of both the public and private sectors highlighting the necessecity to adopt IPv6

Infrastructure

•5 Initiatives:

•IPv6 Addressing

•IPv6 Commercial Support for Nation Wide Infrastructure

• .SA ccTLD IPv6 Compliance

•IPv6 Compliant Internet Filtering

•IPv6 Lab

Awareness

•5 Initiatives:

•IPv6 Task Force

•Outreach Activities

•International Cooperation

•IPv6 Training

•IPv6 Compliant Procurement

Strategy Tracks • Mid 2007: CITC started efforts for promoting adoption of IPv6. • Main Objective: Ensure the continuous development of the

Internet in the country

Saudi Arabia IPv6 Task Force Achievements

Achievements:

Number of the Saudi entities that have IPv6 address space increased from 2 in 2008 to 41 today.

Some entities have started to provide their services through IPv6.

Most of the Saudi Banks got their own IPv6 addresses.

IPv6 test lab was built by CITC, and it is available for members.

The Saudi DNS root server (.sa ccTLD ) is IPv6 ready.

Tunnel Broker was built by CITC to offer IPv6 connectivity for any internet user in Saudi Arabia.

Two IPv6 workshops were organized (2009 and 2011) with around 500 attendees.

Thirteen taskforce meetings were held and sponsored by the taskforce members

IPv6 Training by CITC (three sessions)

IPv6 road show was organized Six times, thanks to MENOG and RIPE .

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Saudi IPv6 taskforce website: www.ipv6.sa

IPv6 Allocations in Saudi Arabia

As of November 2013(Source: http://www.sixxs.net/tools/grh/dfp/all/?country=sa)

# Prefix Owner Allocated First seen # Prefix Owner Allocated First seen

1 2001:1490::/32 ISU, KACST 20-06-2003 14-11-2007 23 2a00:7780::/32 Diginet 09-05-2011 -

2 2001:16a0::/29 SaudiNet, STC 19-12-2003 - 24 2a00:f580::/32 GulfNet KSA 01-06-2011 -

3 2001:16a0::/32 SaudiNet, STC 19-12-2003 10-02-2010 25 2a03:c080::/32 Global Arabian for Modern Application 27-10-2011 12-02-2012

4 2a02:888::/32 Atheeb Trading Co Ltd. 12-01-2009 30-11-2011 26 2001:67c:2624::/48 Saudi Hollandi Bank 28-12-2011 10-11-2012

5 2a02:9b0::/32 Ettihad Etisalat 04-02-2009 01-04-2009 27 2a00:d7c0::/32 BANK AL JAZIRA 10-04-2012 -

6 2a02:ce0::/32 Bayanat Al-Oula 08-04-2009 09-04-2009 28 2001:67c:2994::/48 Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud University 31-05-2012 -

7 2a02:d70::/32 Sahara Network 21-04-2009 08-09-2009 29 2001:67c:3e8::/47 Bank Al Bilad 25-07-2012 -

8 2a02:df0::/32 AL Faisaliah Internet Services 05-05-2009 30-01-2013 30 2a02:cb80::/29 MTC KSA 01-10-2012 -

9 2a02:fc0::/32 SPSNET 08-06-2009 - 31 2001:67c:12e4::/48 Arab National Bank Saudi Stock Co. 09-10-2012 -

10 2a00:1560::/32 NourNet 28-10-2009 21-11-2009 32 2a02:e220::/30 Prime Technology Company LLC 20-11-2012 -

11 2a00:15d8::/32 NESMA 04-11-2009 09-11-2009 33 2a03:77c0::/32 Saudi Post Organization 29-11-2012 -

12 2a00:1698::/32 Shabakah Net 17-11-2009 23-11-2009 34 2a02:edc0::/29 SAUDI CAPITAL MARKET CO. 03-12-2012 -

13 2a00:18f8::/32 Applied Technologies Co. 29-12-2009 22-03-2010 35 2a02:fa00::/29 Authority of Developing Al-madina Al-Munawara 02-01-2013 -

14 2a00:1918::/32 Middle East Internet Company 31-12-2009 - 36 2001:67c:1198::/47 YESSER E-GOVNMENT PROGRAM 07-01-2013 12-01-2013

15 2001:67c:130::/48 CITC 01-02-2010 27-02-2010 37 2a03:e7c0::/32 King Saud University 28-01-2013 -

16 2a00:1ef8::/32 Jeraisy for Internet Services 13-04-2010 29-05-2012 38 2a00:50a0::/32 Saudi International Telecom & Electronic Co 05-03-2013 -

17 2a00:1f20::/32 Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Foundation 15-04-2010 - 39 2a00:6ca0::/32 Ma'aden Aluminium Company 08-04-2013 -

18 2a02:1650::/32 Saudi Business Machines 01-06-2010 - 40 2a00:8820::/32 Al Khaleej Training And Education 16-05-13 -

19 2a02:24c8::/32 Integrated Networks Co. 27-09-2010 - 41 2001:67c:1b0c::/48 Arab National Bank Saudi Stock Co. 18-06-2013 -

20 2a00:5400::/32 Integrated Telecom Co ITC 21-12-2010 - 42 2a00:b2e0::/32 Aljomaih Automotive Company limited 10-07-2013 -

21 2001:67c:2164::/48 King AbdulAziz University 22-03-2011 - 43 2a00:cf20::/32 Integrated Information for Telecommunication and IT Establishment

22-08-2013 -

22 2a00:7680::/32 Samba Financial Group 08-05-2011 -

IPv6 Status in Saudi Arabia

RIPE tool showing the percentage of Autonomous Systems announcing IPv6 networks on Internet in Saudi Arabia compared to the rest of world

As seen at http://v6asns.ripe.net/v/6 November, 2013

July, 2008, CITC Launched first IPv6 Task Force

meeting

Mid 2007, early 2008, CITC started to promote

IPv6

CITC IPv6 Project Activities/Efforts and Progress

2008-2012 2013

Focus on Service Providers

Establishment of Task Force

Identify countries IPv6 best practices

International & regional cooperation (ITU, GCC, RIPE,

MENOG, etc.)

Focus on Enterprise

International benchmark

Improve IPv6 Task Force Governance

CITC IPv6 Lab Enhancement

Conducting 4 Pilot Projects on Enterprise Scale

IPv6 deployment Guidelines and Procedures

Establish CITC IPv6 Lab and tunnel broker

Trainings and conferences

Awareness and Capacity Building

National internet services (Saudi ccTLD and filtering

services)

10 Countries

4 Enterprises

IPv6 Promotion and Deployment Project Timeline

Stakeholders Meetings Findings / IPv6 Readiness

1. High interest in moving towards IPv6 due to the following:

Difficulty in obtaining new IPv4 address spaces.

Revoking unused IPv4 addresses in some cases.

Alternatives of IPv6 are causing service complications and in some cases disruption of services.

2. Business continuity concern as in:

More subscribers to services require more public IP addresses, hence, IPv6 is highly required.

Need to catch up with the global movement towards IPv6 as users will require IPv6 capable services in the future.

New providers of internet services will lack IP addresses (the core element of their services).

2. IPv6 Transition roadmap

Some stakeholders have indicated the development of a phased IPv6 adoption strategy.

Others, have indicated some complexity issues / hesitation towards full IPv6 migration.

The majority recommended a unified IPv6 adoption guideline and the need for IPv6 training.

Preliminary Findings of the online survey

1. How would you describe the IPv6 related skills and expertise of ICT technical personnel at your organization?

42.9% Basic levels

28.5% Medium Levels

28.5% High Levels

2. Do you consider the adoption of IPv6 as an urgent matter in order to face the IPv4 depletion?

42.8 yes IPv6 is an urgent matter

57.2 No IPv6 is not an urgent matter

3. Has your organization defined a plan for IPv6 adoption?

28.5 Yes

71.5 No

4. How would you best describe the IPv6 compliance of the enterprise network infrastructure?

71.6% Mostly, more than 70% of the network elements are IPv6 compliant

14.2% Partly, 30% 70% of the network elements are IPv6 compliant

14.2% Limited, less than 30% of the network elements are IPv6 compliant

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Google stats: IPv6 adoption

The availability of IPv6 connectivity

among Google users. The graph shows

the percentage of users that access

Google over IPv6.

http://www.google.com/ipv6/statistics.html

Thank You !