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How Do We Finally Get to IPv6?

James Wong

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IPv6 Adoption Challenges

Large Investment in current IPv4 Infrastructure Older PCs, Laptops & Internet Devices etc Operating Systems like Windows Vista, XP, 98, etc to the ‘mere mortals’ Common Applications like Skype, WLM, etc..

The Internet is still very much IPv4 Lack of IPv6 Skills Uncertainty of Market Demand Lack of IPv6 Products and Solutions

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IPv6 requires a full IPv6 chain of communication From End Devices / Clients (desktop, laptop, game device, smartphone) To Service Providers (Internet Service Providers, Mobile Network Operators) To Enterprise / Content Providers

Challenges

No backwards compatibility

If any of the three migrates before the other two, the communication is broken!

Least we forget….

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Definition : Migration is the act of people moving from one place to another.

Migration?

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Definition : To exist together at the same time or in the same place

Co-Existence

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IPv4

IPv4• 6to4

IPv4• LSN• 6RD• SLB-PT

IPv4/IPv6• LSN• DS-Lite• SLB-PT• NAT64• 6RD

IPv4/IPv6• NAT64

IPv6

Destination : IPv6

Initial Plans

made for IPv6

IPv4 address runs out : Feb 2011. Effort to move to

IPv6 on: ISP to provide IPv6 over their IPv4

network, moving to using private addresses, making

legacy IPv4 services available to IPv6 users,

etc..

with network slowly migrating to support dual stack, it is necessary to take care of the issue of backward compatibility. Technologies like NAT64’/ DNS64 to provide bridging for IPv6 to access IPv4. 6rd/ds-lite/dualstack is technologies to facilitates deployment of IPv6, as well as IPv4 to users at the same time.Coexist of IPv4 and IPv6!

With possibly mass deployment of dual – stack via either or all 6rd/ds-lite/ dual-stack/6to4/sam/etc..

NAt64/dns64 to bridge ipv6 to ipv4, coexistence will be there until most internet or

services are moved towards ipv6. Believe this will continue for a while.

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What are the methods used for IPv6 migration?

Dual-Stack Encapsulation Translation

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The secret to seamless IPv6 transition?

There isn’t one… no panacea… no one solution fits all Each solution has its own pros & cons

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Service Providers’ IPv4 preservationand IPv6 migration paths

NAT44 NAT444 6rd Dual Stack DS-Lite NAT64/

DNS64

Looked atMobile Operator Most Occasional None Most None Many

ISP Many Many Many Most Some Some

Challenge Solved

IPv4exhaustion

IPv6 ServiceAccess

IPv6-Only-Client access IPv4

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Service Providers’ combined solutions

NAT44 + Dual Stack + DNS64/NAT64

6rd + NAT444 + DNS64/NAT64

DS-Lite + DNS64/NAT64

Looked at

Mobile Operator Most None None

ISP Some Some Some

Challenge Solved

IPv4exhaustion

IPv6 ServiceAccess

IPv6-Only-Client access IPv4

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Enterprises Today

Typical Enterprises Today

Challenges faced by Enterprises / Content Providers:

No more IPv4 addresses for new services

No IPv6 services to IPv6 clients

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Enterprises’ IPv6 migration paths

SLB-PT NAT64/DNS64Main Target

Always ManyEnterprises

Challenge solved

IPv4 exhaustion IPv6 Service Access

IPv6-Only clientaccess IPv4

Technology NAT + SLB NAT/DNS

Pre-Requisite Data center with IPv6 access Data center with IPv6 access

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Summary

IPv4 address depletion, IPv6 is a must Challenges for compatibility issues Technologies like 6rd, DS-Lite and even Dual-Stack is to

facilitates IPv6 deployment Feature concurrency for flexibility in deploying IPv6

ISP: flexibility to roll out service when needed Enterprise: flexibility to deploy and migrate to IPv6, keeping backward

compatibility to existing IPv4 network/services

Graceful HA failover – no interruption to users when network failover

Cost effective, High performance system

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More Than 40 Telcos & ISPs…

NAT44 NAT64 / DNS64 DS-Lite NAT444 6RD (Exclude SLB-PT) And I can’t put on paper who they are…. Talk to A10 guys

and our partners….

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Just A Thought Before I go : Forced Transition vs Solution-Led Transition

Showcasing IPv6 ready products and solutions To build confidence

Develop e-Govt and/or e-Citizen Services

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Forced Transition vs Solution-Led Transition

Just A Thought Before I go…

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What’s In The IPv6 Promise Land?

• Abundant address space • Auto-configuration • Mobility • No More “NAT”ing• Embedded IP security • End-to-end communications • Extensibility for new features • New business opportunities • Enables the “Internet of Things,” which is a global internet

interconnecting everyday objects and dominated by machine-to-machine communications

• Improvements in automation, productivity, and efficiency • Strategic cost reduction • Engenders innovative business models in a variety of sectors

Cellphone

TV Surveillance

Camera

Game Console

eBook

Heart Rate

Monitor

Digital Weight Scale

Digital DVD

Recorder

Car

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Potential Ideas…. Showcasing IPv6 ready products and solutions

To build confidence

Develop e-Govt and/or e-Citizen Services Flood Monitoring and Warning Systems Electric Utilities Healthcare – e.g. for the elderly Transportation – new version of EMAS? ERP? E-Learning Smart Home Appliances Possible in IPv4 world but easier and better in IPv6 world!

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Industry-leading Implementations

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Talk To Us….

Leader in IPv6 migration technologies for Service Providers and Enterprises

Solutions in real-world production deployments today

Ensures rapid Internet growth can continue despite IPv4 address depletion

All-inclusive appliances

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A10 Networks Introduction

A10 Networks founded in 2004 Application Delivery Controllers (Load Balancing) IPv6 Migration

In 2011, A10 Networks Is the fastest growing company in the ADC market with 4,927%

three-year sales growth Is the technology and market leader in the new IPv6 Migration

market with large-scale, live IPv6 deployments Has 1000+ customers in production for ADC and IPv6 migration

History of awards for A10’s IPv6 Solutions A10 is the market leader IPv4/IPv6 at the Tokyo Interop ShowNet (for 4 years), IETF and

NANOG meetings

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Thank You

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