[address-policy-wg] AW: [ipv6-wg] DRAFT: RIPE Community Resolution on IPv4 Depletion and Deployment of IPv6

I believe vendors will go where-ever their users show them the money.
Create the demand, the offer will show up.

Joao

On 17 Oct 2007, at 17:39, Florian Frotzler wrote:

> Hi,
>
> what about also urging the vendors to fully support IPv6 (like  
> forwarding in
> hardware, increase functionality, you name it...)?
>
> Cheers,
> Florian
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: ipv6-wg-admin at ripe.net [mailto:ipv6-wg-admin at ripe.net] Im  
> Auftrag von
> Gert Doering
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 17. Oktober 2007 17:29
> An: address-policy-wg at ripe.net; ipv6-wg at ripe.net
> Betreff: [ipv6-wg] DRAFT: RIPE Community Resolution on IPv4  
> Depletion and
> Deployment of IPv6
>
> Hello Address Policy Working Group, IPv6 Working Group,
>
> as announced yesterday on the APWG list, here's the first draft of the
> "we are going to tell the world what the RIPE community recommends
> regarding the end of IPv4 / advent of IPv6".
>
> The text has been drafted by the RIPE NCC, but the actual  
> recommendation
> needs to come from "the community", so change whatever you think needs
> changing.
>
> Face-to-face discussion will take place in the APWG and IPv6 WG  
> meeting
> on Thursday, October 25th.  (Short discussion in APWG early  
> morning, time
> to think about it during the day, final decision in the IPv6 WG  
> meeting on
> Thursday afternoon).
>
> ----------------------- snip -----------------------
>
> DRAFT - RIPE Community Resolution on IPv4 Depletion and
> Deployment of IPv6
> RIPE 55: 22 - 26 October 2007
>
> The RIPE community resolves as follows:
>
> 1) At current allocation rates, the remaining pool of unallocated
> IPv4 address space is likely to be allocated within the next two
> to four years. Although the Internet will continue to function as
> normal after this point this event will have a significant
> influence on future network operations as well as IP address
> management and allocation policies. Therefore we recognise that
> the widespread deployment of IPv6 will be essential to sustain
> future growth of the Internet.
>
> 2) We urge network operators and Internet Service Providers
> (ISPs) to deploy IPv6 across their networks as soon as possible.
> This deployment must include providing IPv6 access to End Users
> and ensuring services are accessible by IPv6.
>
> 3) We recognise that the responsibility for creating policies
> related to the management of critical Internet resources in the
> RIPE NCC service region rests with the RIPE community and the
> proven success of the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP). In
> recognition of this responsibility, we commit to continue
> development of effective policies for the responsible management
> of IPv4 and IPv6 address space.
>
> 4) We agree that this situation requires a committed effort from
> network operators, ISPs and the RIPE community.  We urge that the
> widespread deployment of IPv6 be made a high priority.
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
> Gert Doering
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