IPv6 Adoption Critical for the Preservation and Growth of the Internet

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The Internet Society and the Rocky Mountain IPv6 Task Force unify events in Denver to increase IPv6 adoption rate [Denver, Colorado] – The number of available Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses is declining rapidly and will soon leave businesses and individuals worldwide who have not yet adopted the new IPv6 protocol with limited options [...]

Successful World IPv6 Day Demonstrates Global Readiness for IPv6

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Top websites serving billions of users demonstrate progress towards largest transition in Internet’s history Top websites and Internet service providers around the world, including Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Akamai, and Limelight Networks, joined t…

ARIN 31 Policy Report

6 May 2013

ARIN (American Registry of Internet Numbers), the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Canada, the US, and parts of the Caribbean recently held it’s 31st Public Policy Meeting (PPM), dubbed ARIN 31. All meeting materials, including handouts, presentations, and video archives are now available on the ARIN website. There were a total of four draft policies [...]

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IPv4 Free Pool Depletion at ARIN – A New Projection

23 April 2013

Long time IPv4 observer and prognosticator Tony Hain has just published a new report on ARINs IPv4 free pool with a new projection for exhaustion. Titled “Thoughts on the ARIN burn rate projections,” the report looks at a fairly recent rush of what are apparently new (to ARIN) organizations in “slow start” (31 organizations which [...]

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IPv6 Adoption Critical for the Preservation and Growth of the Internet

9 April 2013

The Internet Society and the Rocky Mountain IPv6 Task Force unify events in Denver to increase IPv6 adoption rate [Denver, Colorado] – The number of available Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses is declining rapidly and will soon leave businesses and individuals worldwide who have not yet adopted the new IPv6 protocol with limited options [...]

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The Future of Home Networking: A Problem Statement

5 December 2012

I’m a network engineer, and like many engineers I often gravitate to the big projects; large networks with problems of scale and complexity in my case. However, I also consider myself a student of Occam’s razor and often quote Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: “perfection is reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when [...]

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ARIN Election 2012

1 October 2012

The fall ARIN meeting is just around the corner and that, of course, means it’s election time again.

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IPv6: What is it, why do I need it, and how do I get it?

27 September 2012

The Colorado Chapter of the Internet Society (CO ISOC) recently held an event aimed at giving local IT and networking folks an introduction to IPv6. IPv6: What is it, why do I need it, and how do I get it? As IPv6 adoption is ramping up around the world in service and content provider networks, [...]

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A Chat with Steve Crocker

26 September 2012

Steve Crocker is an Internet Pioneer. Steve organized the Network Working Group (the predecessor of the IETF) and is responsible for the Request for Comments (RFC) series (he is the author of RFC 1). He was the first IETF security area director, the first ICANN SSAC (Security and Stability Advisory Committee) Chair, a board member [...]

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Pre-XXX ARIN Policy Update

24 September 2012

With the Autumnal Equinox behind us, fall is in the air and that means we are nearing the next ARIN PPM: ARIN XXX! It will be held 24-26 October 2012 in Dallas, TX. Of course an impending ARIN Public Policy Meeting means that it’s time for me to provide a policy update, so, here it is! [...]

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WTF is SDN?

18 September 2012

Buzzword alert! Like “Cloud” before it, “SDN” is quickly becoming all the rage, and, just like your favorite Gotye song – it’s overplayed. Also like “cloud”, SDN has some potentially very interesting (if not entirely new or well defined) implications. In this first-for-me post on SDN I will try to take a pragmatic look at what SDN actually is.

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First Ever CO ISOC IPv6 Event!

23 August 2012

I have to say, I’m more than a little excited! The Colorado Chapter of the Internet Society (CO ISOC) is hosting our very first IPv6 event – and it’s shaping up to be quite outstanding (if I do say so myself). The stage will be filled with the likes of Scott Hogg, Jeff Doyle, Cricket [...]

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