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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Hello everyone,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>The new IPv4 depletion date, at the IANA level, is now
March 2011, and only 11 blocks of /8 are left. A few months ago it was
predicted as July 2011, but the exponential demand keeps bringing the date
forward. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>See counter on <A
title="http://www.ipv6forum.org/ CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.ipv6forum.org/">http://www.ipv6forum.org/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Practically, there are only 6 more /8s left for grabs
according to RIR demand, plus 5 more /8s already earmarked as one for each
RIR once the last free /8 is handed over.</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>So by Q1 next year expect a lot of PR around this news
and pressure on operations to be IPv6 ready all the way to the customers getting
public IPv6 addresses.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>There is a good presentation on how to deal with IPv6
access AND IPv4 coexistence for ISPs after IPv4-depletion, and it
shows that DS-Lite and NAT64 are the only practical options:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri><A
title="http://www.slideshare.net/IOSHints/nat64-and-dns64-in-30-minutes CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.slideshare.net/IOSHints/nat64-and-dns64-in-30-minutes">http://www.slideshare.net/IOSHints/nat64-and-dns64-in-30-minutes</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>DS-Lite client needs to be implemented as a
protocol on the CPE. NAT64 has a big catch in that it assumes your PC (or
smart mobile host for that matter) is <EM>not</EM> on dual-stack, i.e. an
IPv6-only host, which is a challenge. NAT64 also needs reworking the DNS
infrastructure.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Wishing all a happy Eid !</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>كل عام وأنتم بخير</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Ahmed Abu-Abed</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Amman, Jordan</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>+962 777 669 100</FONT></DIV>
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