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6Watch: Gauging the Global Rollout of IPv6. Dan Massey Dave Meyer Lixia Zhang Colorado State U . Oregon UCLA. Some Background. The global IPv4 address pool, managed by IANA, is exhausted. The regional registries still have some space left, but time is running out.
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6Watch:Gauging the Global Rollout of IPv6 Dan Massey Dave Meyer LixiaZhang Colorado State U. Oregon UCLA 6Watch Project
Some Background • The global IPv4 address pool, managed by IANA, is exhausted. • The regional registries still have some space left, but time is running out. 6Watch Project
IPv6 Solves The Problem • IPv6 uses 128-bit addresses. • v6-compatible hosts need to communicate across and to the v4 network. • Dual-stack • 6to4 • Teredo • But global v6 deployment still lagging • And North America is behind the curve 6Watch Project
But only 7K in the current table! 6Watch Project
Underlying RouteViews Data • RouteViews Part of 6Watch Team • Source of Raw Data • IPv4 and IPv6 • 10+ Years of global data • Data Cited by Everyone, • Hundreds of cites • Every major networking conference This funding is essential to RouteViews operations. RouteViews is essential to global research and operations. 6Watch Project
Global or Region Reachability • Cumulative Routes and Current Routes Differ • 25K cumulative compared to 7K current • Do different ISPs see different tables? • Tracked Prefixes withReachability Differences • At least one peer • At least one day • Compare Tables With Hurricane Electric • Claim HE is close to “center” of IPv6 6Watch Project
Comparing RouteViews Tables • Track Number of Identical Prefixes • Most (5.9K out of 7K) prefixes visible everywhere 6Watch Project
The Unreachable Prefixes • Many Transient Events • But others persist • Differences Due to More Specific Routes • Doesn’t reflect reachability at control plane, 6spider checking data plane… • Remainder are unreachable address space 6Watch Project
UnreachabilityHeatmap • Grouped by RIR • ARIN (169), RIPE (195), LACNIC (39), APNIC (26), AfriNIC (2) • 6to4 + Teredo on right • Surprising Results • Ipv4 transition sites are in the problem set • ARIN (North America) 2nd largest contributor to problem set 6Watch Project
Looking Forward • Complete data plane monitoring implementation • Correlate control plane with data plane to provide a comprehensive overview of IPv6 deployment • Working on diagnosis 6watch@lists.cs.ucla.edu 6Watch Project
The 6Watch Team 6Watch Project
Additional Information 6Watch Project
What Shows US is Behind?Why Pick HE As the Center? 6Watch Project
Some More Detail on An EyeP Entry 6Watch Project
6to4 and TeredoReachability • Both prefixes showed up all 20 days • 6to4 (2002::/16) • Teredo (2001::/32) • Unreachable by two peers • Both from the same AS • Not a significant reachability issue • Possibly a (mis)configuration issue 6Watch Project
Is Geography To Blame? • Very little geographical bias • Except for LACNIC • ARIN and RIPE had the most reachability holes • Also have the largest v6 allocations • Generally not considered deployment leaders • APAN (Japanese ISP) • Most reachability holes • Smallest RIB table 6Watch Project