Japan’s Collaborative Endeavor
to overcome IPv4 Address
Exhaustion
Task Force on IPv4 Address Exhaustion,Japan
http://kokatsu.jp/en/July 2009

Index• Studies and Activities before the TaskForce• The major problems identified• Task Force on IPv4 Address Exhaustion,
Japan• Activities within and out of the TF

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Studies and Activities
before the Task ForceReports on IPv4 Address
Exhaustion• JPNIC (Dec 2007) and MIC (June 2008) as separate
studies– Japanese• JPNIC - http://www.nic.ad.jp/ja/ip/ipv4pool/ipv4exh-report-071207.pdf• MIC - http://www.soumu.go.jp/s-news/2008/pdf/080617_2_bt1.pdf– English• JPNIC - http://www.nic.ad.jp/en/research/IPv4exhaustion_transpub.pdf• MIC(full paper) http://www.soumu.go.jp/joho_tsusin/eng/pdf/080617_1.pdf• MIC(summary slides) http://www.soumu.go.jp/joho_tsusin/eng/pdf/080617_2.pdf

3Reports on IPv4 Address
Exhaustion• Both reports reached a similar conclusion as theresults of analyses– Analysis of situation surrounding IPv4 exhaustion– Issues listed, possible solutions and issues foreach solution– Concluded that IPv6 is the only effective long-term
solution after IPv4 address exhaustion• MIC report makes further analysis on action plan
broken down by categories of stakeholders
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Activities by other bodies•

IAjapan（Internet Association Japan）– Consider formations for collaboration with other bodies its Commitee•

IPv6 Promotion Council– Listing issues in IPv4/IPv6 Coexisting environment in its WG•JAIPA（Japan Internet Provider Association）– Proposing & negotiating with NTT to support IPv6 in its FLETS service(which provides connection lines infra for ISPs)•JANOG– Topics handling IPv4 exhaustion/IPv6 transfer discussed in every
meeting since JANOG18 (July 2006)•DISTIX（Distributed IX Project)– Working on technical issues in DNS/Translators in its WG•JPNIC– Set up a website specialized to publish information related to IPv4
exhaustion
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The major problems
identified

Stakeholders and their status

Recognition and Considerations
by Stakeholders（Requires Promotion and Outreach）

Internet Registries Undertaking Policy Discussions

End-users

Corporate Users

System Integrators

Vendors

Issue Areas per stakeholder

Access line providers

ServiceOperation

Education/Training

OperationalTechnology

ElementalTechnology

Status of Stakeholders

Recognition of Issues and consideration of solutions

Recognize the Issue
Started considerations

Analysis and Grapsing of Issues

Stakeholders
Server business Providers

Recognition of IPv4 Exhaustion Issue

Small/Midium Connection Providers

Areas where there is still noawareness by stakeholders

Large Connection Providers

Area with awareness/progress bystakeholders

Determining a （Comprehensive） Solution from Management Aspet

Planning Deployment of Solutions

Deploying Solutions

Deployment by Stake-holders’s intiative
Complete Deployment of Soluctions by 20107Stakeholders and their remaining issues

Outreach channel unfixedInternet Registries

End-users

Corporate Users

System Integrators

Vendors

Access line providers

Server business Providers

Details of theIsssues

Small/Midium Connection Providers

Large Connection Providers

Spread/Area with Issues

Stakeholders

Solutionsincomplete
IPv4-IPv6
Recognitionof Issues andfor
considerationof solutions
inter-connections

IPv6 deployment unconfirmed in access lineServiceOperation

Education/
Training

ElementalTechnology

OperationalTechnology

Early fix of Specifications needed

Status of Stakeholders

Recognitionof IPv4
Exhaustion
Solutionsincomplete
for IPv6
technicalIssue
Analysis issues
and Grapsing of Issues

Difficult to consider solution on their own

IPv6 support insufficient for firewalls
and VPNs

Issue Areas per stakeholder

information sharing insufficient

Determining a （Comprehensive） Solution from Management Aspet

Planning Deployment of Solutions

Deploying Solutions

Needs/ technologies
remain uncertain

Need solid progress to complete
deployment by 2010
8The major problems• Although there is higher awareness by major
operators on personal level…

– IPv6 Deployment requires additional cost in short term,
which is difficult to justify– Little real-life deployment experience in IPv6 and nosufficient expertise by vendors– Technology for interworking between IPv4 and IPv6 isinevitable during the transition phase, but no technology at
production level so far• Service providers and venders are watching andwaiting to see each others to take action• A collaborated activity is necessary as a break throughfrom such a “watching to see what the others will do”
state9Task Force on IPv4 Address
Exhaustion, Japan

Synchronized action toward thethe exhaustion• Set up a TF to make coordinated actions
among all stakeholder groups• Task Force on IPv4 Address Exhaustion,
Japan launched in Sept. 2008– http://kokatsu.jp/– Members: Variousassociations from Telco andInternet industries, and theMinistry concerned
11Charter – the taskforce• Formulating a taskforce to synchronize theactivities by various associations• to overcome the crisis of the IPv4 address
exhaustion in a coordinated manner• In four aspects of– Solution of the issues – technique, operation andmanagement– Enlightenment and publicity– Education– Progress management
12Members – the taskforce (1/2)•Internet Associations– IPv6 Promotion Council, Japan– Internet Association of Japan (IAjapan)– Distributed IX Project– Japan Internet Providers Association– JPCERT Coordination Center– Japan Network Information Center (JPNIC)– Japan Network Operators’ Group (JANOG)– Japan Network Security Association (JNSA)– Japan UNIX Users Society (jus)– Japan Registry Services (JPRS)– WIDE Project•

http://v6pc.jp/
http://www.iajapan.org/
http://www.distix.net/
http://www.jaipa.or.jp/
http://www.jpcert.or.jp/
http://www.nic.ad.jp/
http://www.janog.gr.jp/
http://www.jnsa.org/
http://www.jus.or.jp/
http://www.jprs.co.jp/
http://www.wide.ad.jp/

Government– Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(MIC)
http://www.soumu.go.jp/13Members – the taskforce (2/2)• Telecommunications Associations– Telecom Services Association
http://www.telesa.or.jp/– Telecommunications Carriers Association http://www.tca.or.jp/– Japan Cable and Telecommunications Association
http://www.catv-jcta.jp/– Japan Data Communications Association (JADAC)
http://www.dekyo.or.jp/– Japan Approval Institute for Telecommunications Equipment(JATE) http://www.jate.or.jp/• Vendors Associations– Communications and Information network Association of Japan(CIAJ) http://www.ciaj.or.jp/
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Action Items for the TF
1. List up the issues to solve by each player
2. Information sharing among memberorganizations
3. Establish the Q&A center
4. Design and Operation of the testbed
5. Issues and its solution of security during
the transition process
6. Outreach to new stakeholders sufferingfrom IPv4 address exhaustion
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Working Groups within the TF
WG

In charge ofleadmembers

Publicity

Assistance for events/conferencesof member associations,
Regular press conferences
Planning of outreach

JPNIC

IAJapan、Telesa, JAIPA、
ｖ6PC

Education andTestbed

Education programs, negotiation
with certification providers,planning the testbed

v6PC

JPNIC、JATE、JAIPA、JCTA/JCL、JANOG、jus、WIDE、DISTIX

Actionplanningsupport

Supporting the action planning byevery stakeholder

v6PC

IAJapan, Telesa, JAIPA、
JPNIC

Applications

Enlightening the SIers,

v6PC

JUS、JISA

AccessNetwork

Negotiation with Access Network
providers

JAIPA

TBD

Ready Logo

Planning IPv6 Ready Logo for ISPsand Web sites

JATE

v6PC

v6PC

JPNIC

Secretariat

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Activities of Publicity WG• Web Page has been set up– http://kokatsu.jp/( kokatsu is for 枯渇/exhaustion )– http://4xtf.jp/ ( IPv4 eXhaustion TF )• Stakeholder Survey : 1st survey done
– To question the awareness and progress on the IPv4
exhaustion and its countermeasure– Semi-annual surveys planned• Streamlining all the events by members– Assistance to provide the contents of IPv4 exhaustion,organizing the events as a series
17Activities ofAction Planning WG• Recommended timeframe version 1 published inFeb. 2009, and available also in English!
‒ http://kokatsu.jp/blog/ipv4/en/data/090217̲v4exh̲actionplan̲en.pdf

18Activities ofEducation and Testbed WG• Education– Prototype the education program on IPv6 tech and ops atmembers’ events• Allow commercial training providers to deploy it– Request the technical certificate programs to include IPv6contents• Testbed– MIC’s FY2009 budget for constructing a testbed• Nation-wide network + testbed center for any stakeholders to try on
IPv6– Testbed Center has just launched in Keio’s K2 Campus– 1st Hands-on training in September – Sold out in a single day
19Activities of Application WG• Approaching to consortiums/associations/communities of application/light-language
developers and System Integration firms– For enlightening, awareness increase and learning
the situation• Only small problems found in terms of IPv6readiness• Still suffering from lack of awareness20

Activities ofAccess Network WG• NTT has been considering the provision of IPv6
access between residential users and ISPs overits NGN– Most ISPs now rely on NTT’s “Flets” to gain theaccess to the residential users on IPv4, then that forIPv6 has been sought among JAIPA, NTT and MIC• Reporting Session by TF was held gathering alot of interested people, as consideration has
come to last call phase21

Activities of
Ready Logo WG• Allow IPv6-ready ISPs and Web sites to“differentiate from others”– Apply and extend the strategy of “IPv6 Ready Logo”
for equipments to services like ISPs and Web sites• Had domestic and Intra-TF discussion, thensynchronize it to “IPv6 Embedded Program” ofIPv6 Forum – launched in June 2009
– Why don’t you get the logo at:• http://www.ipv6forum.com/ipv6_enabled/ipv6_enable.php !!

Kokatsu.jp has already put on the logo, of course!

22Some other activities
harmonized with TF• v6PC: Home Gateway WG– Operators and Vendors to compile
recommended specification for home gateway
device– The recommended specification has just beenpublishe• IPv6 Operations Forum– Voluntary conference on the operators
dealing with IPv6 to share the practice23

To conclude…
excerpt from Survey Result,
Timeline for our activities,
and the summary

Awareness?
Excerpt from Survey Result (2/2)• Do you know that IPv4 address is running out innear future and not available for the newdistribution?
Overal telecomlISP

iDC

CATV Software
vendor0.0%

0.0% 0.0%

0.0%

Telecom Vendor
equipe- others
mentvendor

SIerothers

Don’t know

1.3%

Yes, but notwhen it runs out

17.2 8.2% 19.7% 0.0% 26.1% 7.4% 14.3% 43.3% 60.0% 0.0% 19.0%%
80.7 89.8% 80.3% 100.0 73.9% 92.6 71.4% 56.7% 40.0% 94.7% 76.2%%%%

Yes, including
when it runs out

2.0% 0.0%

ASP・CSP

0.0% 0.0% 5.3% 4.8%25

Progress? Or Problem?
Excerpt from Survey Result(1/2)
consideration for countermeasureDoneunder consideration

16.0%

consideration planned

36.5%

What is the problem for
deploying the countermeasureno plan

42.1%

5.3%

70.0%

66.4%

No PlanUnder Consideration
DoneConsideration Planned60.0%
0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

59.0%

50.0%

20.0%
10.0%

8.70%

22.30%

35.00%

34.00%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

Rack ofsolution/
product

understanding
bysurroundings

0.0%

Experimental
To be Considered
In Service
Under Preparation

Understandingof theManagement

Cost

Technical
Knowledge

Human
Resource

12.7%

Othersto be considered

Understandingby surroundings

under preparation

28.0%

Lack ofSolution

Experimental

35.4%

Human
Resource

In service

Understanding of
the Management

IPv6 service deployment

cost

28.8%

30.0%

Technical
Knowledge

41.3%
40.0%

others100%2626

Each player needs to consider anddeploy its own countermeasures!
From http://www.kokatsu.jp/blog/ipv4/en/data/090217̲v4exh̲actionplan̲en.pdf
Network Operatorsʼ timeline
Policy (none?/ NAT?/ IPv6
Service Provision?/ Timing?/Schedule?), Access network,etc.

2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
3Q
4Q
1Q
2Q
3Q
4Q
1Q
2Q
3Q
4Q
1Q
2Q
3Q
4Q
1Q
2Q
3Q
7 9 10 12 1 3 4 6 7 9 10 12 1 3 4 6 7 9 10 12 1 3 4 6 7 9 10 12 1 3 4 6 7 9
IANA exhaustion

Policy review

RIR/NIR exhaustion

A timely business decision is required
on whether to execute an action plan
Policy review
Management decision or not

Management decision
Business planning, review

Business plan review, service
planning

The start of the entire process isbased the fixing of a businessplan.
Decision

Business plan decision
Design, Technology verification

Technology verification(Testbed verification)

Testbed verification

Equipment selection

Equipment selection

Equipment procurement, systemarchitecture
System preparation

Equipment procurement, system architecture

If the management decision isdelayed by one year, the entire schedule
will be set back one year.

System operation preparation

Employee education

Employee education

Start of basic service
Present time

Service in27

To summarize…
• Obvious need for collaborative endeavor tosolve “watching to see what the others will do”
situation• Task Force on IPv4 address exhaustion, Japanfor such a solution• Information, Information, Information !! – not only
IPv6 technologies, but the potential risk and“what the others do”• Exhaustive and substantial endeavors are
already on-going28

Thank you very much
ありがとうございました• Visit– http://kokatsu.jp/ for Japanese Full version– http://kokatsu.jp/en/ for English version• E-mail us to– Info@kokatsu.jp for any inquiries on any ofyour interests

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