IPv6: A Digital Game Changer

Internet6: A Digital Game Changer
Carlos Ralli Ucendo (@carlosralli)
Telefónica I+D
Nov.2015

DISCOVER, DISRUPT, DELIVER
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Internet6 (Internet-IPv6) is becoming mainstream today
Over 20% of Google hits in USA, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium.
15,38% of Google Hits in Peru, most Telefónica del Peru customers.

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USA Telcos massively embracing IPv6 roll out
Source: APNIC

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German Telcos massively embracing IPv6 roll out
Source: APNIC

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Digital Giants: Google (Websearch, Streaming, Developers)
* Temporary
Google is one key supporter of IPv6 transition.
•  Also key source of IPv6 roll-out stats.
Google has enabled most of its services over IPv6.
•  Google public DNS, Google Maps, Google APIs
•  Not still on Google compute (Virtual machines)
Youtube becomes one of the major IPv6 content traffic once users get enabled.

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Digital Giants: Facebook (Social Networks, DataCenter)
* Temporary
USA Internet6 capable smartphones surf Facebook services 30-40% faster.
IPv6 traffic to FB services DOUBLES every year.
Facebook has built out many IPv6-only (>90% internal v6 traffic)
•  Leads IPv6-only Datacenters / Cloud market.
Source: http://on.fb.me/1SqZsM6

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Digital Giants: Apple (Mobile/Laptops , Dev Ecosystem )
Apple: “Enterprise & cellular providers are increasingly deploying IPv6 DNS64/
NAT64 networks. A DNS64/NAT64 network is an IPv6-only network”
•  Continues to provide access to IPv4 content through translation
Nov 2015 iOS 9.2 & OS X 10.11.2 releases are IPv6-only capable.
IPv6 delivery support included in many Akamai products
•  Helps developers to build compatible Apps (new and simple API to synthesize NAT64 IPv6
addresses from IPv4 literals)
Source: http://apple.co/1GOR8pn

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Digital Giants: AKAMAI (CDN – Content Delivery Network)
IPv6 delivery support included in many Akamai products
•  Simple: flipping a configuration switch
•  Customer prerequisite: ensure addresses data handling (logging, tracking, reputation)
IPv6 servers in 95 countries, >1.500 locations & 590 different network providers
In 2015 Q2 IPv4 unique addresses decreased 1.1% (to Akamai Intelligent Platform)
•  Result of IPv6 roll out and Telcos IPv4 conservative behavior (CGNAT).
•  Secondary market for IPv4 addresses heating up (150K addresses $950,000 deal)
Source: AKAMAI 2015 Q2 State of the Internet (SOTI) report

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Digital Products: Comcast Xfinity (VoIP, Set-top box)
Xfinity Voice & Xfinity X1 connected set-top box platform moving to IPv6-only
•  Reduce their reliance on private IPv4 addressing within their network.
•  Since they have control over both ends of communications in most
•  Content providers will provide contents over IPv6 to ensure best user experience
Source: http://comca.st/1PmkfSo

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Digital Products: ANDROID, IOS, Windows (Smartphone OS)
Android, Windows 8.1 & IOS 9.2 Smartphones are IPv6-only capable (NAT64+DNS64)
•  464xlat functionality enables access to legacy IPv4 services.
A number of carriers led by T-Mobile US are deploying IPv6-only.
•  Handsets only have IPv6 external address.
•  Traffic goes directly out to the Internet with no address translation.
During the past few months, AT&T Wireless and Sprint have also started deploying
IPv6 to some of their Android handsets.
•  In fact, all four of the top US mobile carriers launched Samsung's Galaxy S6 flagship
phone with IPv6 turned on by default.
Source: http://akamai.me/1fa7tYY

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Digital Products: Openstack, Nephos6 (Cloud)
Openstack Kilo enables today public/private native IPv6 Clouds.
New enhancements in “Kilo” release:
•  Ability to assign multiple IPv6 prefixes for a network
•  Better IPv6 router support: there is no network address translation (NAT) or floating IP
model for IPv6 in OpenStack. The assumption is that VMs are assigned globally routed
addresses and can communicate directly using pure L3 routing.
•  Extra DHCP options (DNS, MTU, etc.)
Emerging market. E.g. http://www.nephos6.com/
Source: http://red.ht/1SonXek

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Digital Products: v6 Virtual Machines, Webhosting (Cloud)
As of Nov 2015 AWS is not providing IPv6 native Virtual Machines.
However, others such as HostVirtual are providing native v6 VMs & Services.
•  A complete list of IPv6 Cloud providers: http://bit.ly/1QcoQaG
Cloudfare offers simple and free websites adaptation to IPv6.
Source: http://bit.ly/1PmmvZP , http://bit.ly/1NPV2OE

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Digital Deals: UK Smart Meter Network (m2m / IoT)
One of largest M2M/IoT deals (valued at £1.5bn over a 15-year lifespan)
Major national infrastructure project that will involve the roll out of 53 million gas
and electricity meters across the UK by 2020.
Comms based on IPv6 cellular m2m + 6LowPAN (IPv6-based wireless mesh solution).
Telefónica’s UK unit, O2, will serve two of the project’s three regions.
Source: http://bit.ly/1iD0Srj

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IPv6: a disruptive Internet change/innovation ?
Amara’s Law says that we tend to
overestimate the effect of a technology in
the short run and underestimate the effect
in the long run.
(…)
A latent capability develops, and when the
final pieces fall together, a big swing
occurs.
(…)
That seems to be happening for some of
the largest operators in the world, such as
Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, AT&T, and
Comcast reaching very high numbers in the
US. With some of these operators, most of
the served users have IPv6 capability.
Source: http://bit.ly/1KaFHq6
While there is a lot of innovation and change
in the Internet, many of us have been
accustomed to the basic Internet technology
changing slowly. But when the right parts
come together, the changes can actually be
surprisingly dramatic and sudden.
The future is here, now.
Jari Arkko, IETF Chair

IPv6: A Digital Game Changer

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