Re: Replacing NetReg with ?

[Michael Sinatra <michael () RANCID BERKELEY EDU>]

There are already ASNs showing up in the global routing table that are
only announcing IPv6.  Many of those are in the developing world, but
isn't it in the case that many of our institutions have research and
study-abroad programs in the developing world.

There is also a lot of evidence that IPv6 outperforms IPv4.  See this
recent talk:

http://www.nanog.org/meetings/abstract?id=2281

I understand the issue with not feeling the need for IPv6 right now.
The issue is, we don't know exactly _when_ we will need IPv6, but we can
pretty much bet that we will need it at some point.  What we can do now
is to minimize the risks associated with being stuck without IPv6 when
we need it and/or having to do a crash deployment just to be able to
talk to some important donor foundation or research project.  I wrote
about this topic a while back:

http://esnetupdates.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/the-risks-of-not-deploying-ipv6-in-the-re-community-2/

michael

On 02/19/14 08:07, Ryan Skelton wrote:
> I would not worry too much about IPv6 right now. And by the time it is a
> need Safe Connect will have that addressed.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Mark Boolootian <booloo () ucsc edu
> <mailto:booloo () ucsc edu>> wrote:
>
>     > If I were you I would seriously look into Safe Connect with an
>     IPAM system such as Infoblox. You would be very happy.
>
>     Safe Connect doesn't currently have support for IPv6.  Buying products
>     that lack IPv6 support in 2014 seems like a bad idea.