[ipv6-wg] RIPE NCC Makes Record Number of IPv6 Allocations

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007, michael.dillon at bt.com wrote:

>
>> Working with publich *shame* is a bad idea - OTOH, putting up
>> a Top10 list of prefixes that have been stable for months,
>> and that actually have services inside, would be nice for
>> those ISPs... if it could be done in a reasonable way, which it can't.
>
> Yes, public shame is a bad idea that will backfire anyway.
>
> However, in 2009 and 2010, companies that have not deployed
> enough IPv6 will be in crisis because they will begin to
> lose new orders due to a lack of IPv4 addresses to connect
> those new customers. This will trigger a wave of takeovers
> as companies who are further ahead in IPv6 deployment
> are able to buy the weaker ones at bargain prices.
>
> In order to evaluate the strength/weakness of a company's
> IPv6 deployment, it seems to me that a better measure is
> the amount of traffic going through IPv6 public peering
> points

AMS-IX reported some bad news in that field recently :-(
see RIPE-55.


> and the amount of IPv6 encapsulated in IPv4 that
> travels though IPv4 peering points.

Someone also mentioned some work on that aspect @ RIPE-55. Would like to 
see (live) data about that.


> Stability is not a very
> good measure and the existence of an IPv6 announcement doesn't
> tell you anything about whether or not the company is using
> the IPv6 connectivity.
>
> --Michael Dillon


Plan B?
Start digging DNS to find AAAAs, and other RRs associated with AAAAs?


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