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IPv6: Making Room for the Next Billion Internet Users

IPv6 is the next generation Internet Protocol (IP) address standard intended to supplement, and eventually replace, the IPv4 protocol most Internet services use today. To help ensure the continued rapid growth of the Internet as a platform for innovation, IPv6 tackles some of IPv4's shortcomings - most notably a limited amount of remaining addresses. While the techncial foundations of IPv6 are well established, significant work remains to deploy and begin using IPv6 capabilities.

Because IPv6 is central to the continued growth and stability of the Internet, the Internet Society is working with its members and other organizations to promote its deployment by sharing information and helping to build the required operational capability among the Internet community.

Recent IPv6 Items

• Internet Society IPv6 Momentum Panel @ IETF 77
  The Internet Society assembled an expert panel at the 77th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task (IETF) - the Internet's premier technical standards body - to discuss the growing momentum behind the deployment of IPv6. (March 2010)
• Mat Ford, Technology Program Manager with the Internet Society (ISOC), discusses IPv6 deployment, the role of government and the risks of inaction
• INET Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, "IPv6: The Next Step" 20 July 2009
  The Internet Society, in collaboration with the Asia Pacific IPv6 Task Force and the National Advanced IPv6 Centre of Excellence organized a regional conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 20th, 2009. The conference is part of the Internet Society's INET series of conferences.
• Internet Society IPv6 Briefing Paper:
  Why and how Governments should be involved - 18 June 2009 (PDF)
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• Internet Society Briefing Paper:
  IPv6 deployment: State of play and the way forward. - (PDF) June 2009
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• Internet Society Organization Member IPv6 Study (PDF 913KB)
  The Internet Society (ISOC) conducted a study of the operational characteristics of IPv6 in its organization members' networks. (March 2009)
• Internet Society IPv6 Panel @ IETF 74
  The Internet Society assembled panel of experts from industry and other Internet thought leaders at a meeting of the Internet Engineering Task (IETF), the Internet's premier technical standards body, to discuss the pressing need to adopt IPv6. (March 2009)

Internet Society IPv6 Information Resources

Links and articles about IPv6:

• IP Address Affinity (PDF:58KB)
  Findings from an Internet Society Roundtable, May 2009
• IPv6 Regional Resources: August 2009 Update (PDF:34KB)
• Internet Society Contribution to the ITU WTPF 2009 Meeting on IPv6 Address Allocation (PDF: 42KB),
  March 2009
• IPv6/IPv4 Frequently Asked Questions, February 2009
• Background briefing on IPv4 to IPv6 transition, January 2008
• Briefing on IP addressing, January 2008

Other IPv6 Information Resources

Links to sites and articles about IPv6:

• IPv6 Act Now
• 6DEPLOY Project: IPv6 Deployment and Support
• LACNIC IPv6 Information Portal, LACNIC
• APNIC IPv6 Wiki, APNIC
• Get IPv6 Wiki, ARIN
• IPv6 Factsheet, ICANN, October 2007
• Transition to IPv6, ISP Column, August 2007
• Randy Bush presentation to AfNog on IPv6 Operational Realities, June 2008 (PDF: 738KB)
• IPv6 for e-business website, ISOC Australia Chapter
• IPv6 Forum,

See also our policy materials on IP addressing.