IPv4 to IPv6 TRANSITION · an IPv6 testing platform to build IPv6 expertise. The "Task Force on IPv4 Addresses Exhaustion, Japan”, launched by MIC and industry associations in September

NRA POSITION FOR THE INTERNET COMMUNICATION IN THE CONTEXT

OF IPV4 TO IPV6 TRANSITION

ALEKSANDAR MASTILOVIC

COMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY AGENCYBOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

BUDVA (MONTENEGRO)OCTOBER 01 – 06, 2018

INFOFEST 2018

INTRODUCTION

• IANA IPv4: pool ran out on February 3, 2011!!

• What can we do?

• Option 1: Do Nothing

oWait and See (what will happen)

• Option 2: Extend Life of IPv4

oForce customers to NAT

• Option 3: Deploy IPv6

IPV4 VS IPV6

• Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) deployed on January 1, 1983

o32-bits address space, expressed as 4 octets in “dotted” decimal

notation (192.168.1.1)

o Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA)

• IPv6 deployment began in 1999

o128-bits address space, expressed in HEX form (e.g.

2001:4490:d9b2:ea38::500)

oTheoretically, it can supports 340282366920938 trillion trillion unique

addresses -> never ran out!

IPV4 CURRENT SITUATION

• IANA Unallocated Address Pool Exhaustion: February 3, 2011

• RIR Address Pool Exhaustion Dates and Projection:

oAPNIC (Asia-Pacific): April 19, 2011

oRIPE NCC (Europe): September 14, 2012

oLACNIC (South and Central America / Latin America and Caribbean): Jun

10, 2014

oARIN (North America / (USA, Canada and some Caribbean): September

24, 2015

oAFRINIC (Africa): May 23, 2019 (projected!)

IPV4-BASED INTERNET (PUBLIC) ADDRESSING POOL

IPV6 ADVANTAGES

• Larger address space

• Global reachability

• Built-In Security: IPSec is a part of the IPv6 protocol

• Packet Header simplification -> faster and more efficient

processing and routing

• Better QoS

• Mobility support across the networks

IPV6 NEW APPLICATIONS

• Smart Technologies as a whole

oSmart Grid system

o Intelligent Traffic Management (ITS) system, including support for

Autonomous Vehicles

oSmart Healthcare system

oEnvironment Control

oSmart Home

oSmart Cities (incl. all services as smart transportation, waste

management…)

NATIONAL REGULATORS IN ACTION

• Migration Strategy and Options

• Migration (Action) Plan

• Pilot Implementation

• IPv6 Testbed for large organization

• IPv6 Training and Education

• IPv6 Compliance and Certification

• IPv6 Auditing

IPV6 TRANSITION MECHANISM

• Dual Stack

• Tunneling

• Address and Protocol Translation

DUAL STACK

• Need v4/v6 communication

support

• Basis for other transition

mechanism

• Make security more complex as

it requires separate security

concepts and firewall rules for

each protocol for both v4 and v6

protocol version

• Keeping backwards

compatibility and

interoperability with existing

TUNNELING

• Flexible and easy method for

migration

• The tunnel entry and exit

points need time and CPU

power for encapsulating and

decapsulating packets

• Exiting Single Points of Fail

• Troubleshooting gets more

complex

ADDRESS AND PROTOCOL TRANSLATION

• This approach is just temporary solution for short time

• It does not support the advanced features of IPv6, such as end-

to-end security

• Allows IPv6 hosts to communicate directly with IPv4 hosts and

vice versa

BUSINESS CHALLENGES FOR IPV6 DEPLOYMENT

• Large Investments in current IPv4 infrastructure (governments, regulators, ISP and Telco industry, huge number of devices for IPv4 existing….)

• IPv4 still work (blinded problem!), NAT reduces IPv4 address requirement

• Uncertainty of Market Demand

• No clear IPv6 Business Model: Cost or Quality?

• Prediction: IPv4 and IPv6 will co-exist for long time

• There is no compatible end-user equipment

• The is no back compatible options

WHERE DOES IPV6 STACK

• IPv6 deployment suffers because of the lack of motivation

• Lack of consumer push

• What is native and real IPv6-only content and application?

• Lack of IPv6 engineers skills

• Non-availability of IPv6 testbeds for end-to-end testing

• Lack of Government and Regulators incentives

IPV6 DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY

• Build wider confidence in IPv6 as a technology: e.g. showcase

IPv6 ready products and solutions

• IPv6 Business model(s) for investments: Proof-in-Concept

• IPv6/based applications: e-Governance / e-Goverment / Smart

Public 9Citiyens) services, Smart Cities….

• Create Market Demand!!!!

• Create National/Regional/Local task force and pilot projects

IPV6 PILOT PROJECTS

• Demonstration: build confidence in IPv6

• Social benefits: create the impact in the community

• Entrepreneurship, Innovations, New Ideas and Solutions

INTERNATIONAL POLICY ON IPV6 DEPLOYMENT

• National IPv6 Deployment Roadmap

• Key Policy guideline

• Strategy

• Action Plan

• Pilot Project

GERMANY ON IPV6

• German IPv6 Roadmap was launched in 2009. The objective is a

complete technical and organizational setup for a centralized IPv6

public administration in Germany as of 2011. The German Federal

Ministry of the Interior was allocated and administers a /26 IPv6

address block for all federal, state and local public administration in

Germany at the end of 2009. In 2008, two large programs were

launched to modernize the communication infrastructure of the

public administration based on IPv6. In addition, IPv6 is being

introduced through a variety of IPv6 projects and initiatives at

different policy, organizational and technical levels, with numerous

IPv6 pilot projects, working groups and activities at state and local

level

USA ON IPV6

• The United States has set a timeline for adopting IPv6 for use

on public servers by the end of 2012.

• Most od them working on Dual Stack mode right now!

JAPAN ON IPV6

• In February 2009, MIC convened a "Study Group Concerning the

Improved Use of IPv6 on the Internet". The MIC has developed

an IPv6 testing platform to build IPv6 expertise. The "Task

Force on IPv4 Addresses Exhaustion, Japan”, launched by MIC

and industry associations in September 2008 helps interested

Internet operators to build action plans, publicise IPv6

activities, and develop IPv6 educational programmes.

UK ON IPV6

• The UK encourages a market‐led, needs‐driven approach.

Encourage stakeholders to be proactive in adopting IPv6, while

being mindful of their commercial needs and costs. The UK has

set up 6UK, a not‐for‐profit membership organization founded

in April 2010 to help the UK and UK organizations secure every

competitive advantage available from the rapid adoption of the

new protocol, and otherwise to make sure no segment of UK

industry and wider society gets left behind..

WHAT DO WE NEED NOW

• Oversight committee – apex body for making policy decisions

and responsible for guiding the task force by taking strategic

decisions

• Steering committee – for coordinating the activities of the Task

force and oversee the activities of different working groups

• Working Group(s) on different topics related with IPv6