IPv6 in the U.S.A.
Patrick Grossetete
Cisco Systems
Cisco IOS IPv6 Product Manager
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Introduction• Perception is that “IPv6 has not taken holdstrongly within the USA”
IPv4 Address Space is less of a problem than the restof the World
Private sector requires a business case
Wireless infrastructure emerges recently• But reality does not look so bad for the comingyears!!!

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Vendors Status• Most of U.S. networking companies already shipIPv6 products
Eg. Cisco IOS IPv6 Phase III deliverables• All software vendors officially support IPv6 intheir latest O.S. releases
Apple MAC OS X, HP (HP-Unix, Tru64 & Open VMS),
IBM zSeries & AIX, Microsoft Windows XP, .NET, CE;
Sun Solaris,…

• 2003 and beyond: Call for Applications
Applications must be agnostic regarding IPv4 or IPv6.
Successful deployment is driven by Applications
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Deployment Activities over Time
• 6Bone185 U.S. sites registered, including Academia, Governmentorganisations, ISP, Research Labs, Vendors,• Academia & Research communities
National and Regional infrastructures are gradually moving to dual
stacksDownstream sites will follow
International partnership, eg. www.6ren.net• Several IPv6 IX are now operational
6TAP, 6IIX, NY6IX, PAIX, S-IX (NTT San Jose),…

• ARIN
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Deployment Activities• DoD
Early adopters – Spawar, DREN, CECOM,…
Leading role on IPv6 promotion (NAv6TF)
IPv6 address space registration (DISN, DREN)
But no IPv6 on operational networks before validation• Enterprises
No interest except from software/hardware companies
who need to add IPv6 connectivity for theirdevelopment’s teams
Roll-out is driven by the applications and O.S. releasestrategy
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Deployment Activities• ISPPlans are largely driven by [lack of ?] customer’s
demandTrial networks (C&W, Hurricane, Qwest, Sprint, Stealth,Verio, Worldcom) are up and running BUT
Lack of offering on Home Networking services (dial,
DSL, Cable, Ethernet-to-the-Home,…)Return on Investment (RoI) is hard to justify – mainlywith the current economic situation
Applications and appliances are still 12-18 months
away

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Deployment Activities• Wireless
US Wireless service providers have had IPv4 address
requests rejected for long term business plan
Some currently investigate the benefits of IPv6
Phasing is R&D (03), Trial (04-05), Deployment (06 &beyond)Some 802.11 Hot Spots already offer an IPv6
connectivity.

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Concerns• Lack of Network Management solutions
Provisioning, Billing,…
Managing a dual stack network? Ie: NoC staff training• IPv6 Deployment has a cost
Software/Hardware, Training, Resources,…

• Security
Filtering & IDS IPv6 devices are not as developed as IPv4
Resources sharing through dual stack duplicates DoS
potential risk during the transition• Return on Investment (RoI)
Develop business models around new applications orservices
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Potential Business Model – Community of Interest• End User's network (Enterprise or Home) may host several
appliances manufactured or serviced by different companies• Users may not want to open the reachability of Appliances
beyond selected partners/service technicians• Businesses may find automated warranty registration andremote diagnositics provide substantial value in servicing acustomer• Deployment and Operations must be done at the lowest costpossible
The simplicity of auto-configuration is a Must
• All channels expect revenues to be generated from theseservices• A proposal: the use of Mobile IPv6 protocol for non-Mobiledevices
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9North-America IPv6 Task Force (NAv6TF)• Similar in charter to the other regional taskforces
www.nav6tf.org• Mission: To help promote and foster IPv6
adoption within Target Industries through Shortand Long Term Objectives and Deliverables• Recently, NAv6TF sent its recommendations toR. Clarke, Special Advisor to the President for
Cyberspace Security, Critical Infrastructure
Assurance Office (CIAO)• Meeting at U.S. Global IPv6 summit – June 2003
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10Upcoming Events• U.S. IPv6 Global Summit
San Diego – June 2003

• IPv6 Demonstration Collaborative Initiative
Fall 2003

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