IETF Statement on IPv4 Exhaustion and IPv6 Deployment
draft-narten-ipv6-statement-00
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| Author | Dr. Thomas Narten | ||
| Last updated | 2007-11-12 | ||
| RFC stream | (None) | ||
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| Consensus boilerplate | Unknown | ||
| RFC Editor Note | (None) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | Expired | |
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Abstract
Over the last year, the Internet community has slowly come to realize that the IANA and RIR IPv4 free address pool will be exhausted within no more than 3-4 years, and possibly sooner. At that point, it will become increasingly difficult for ISPs and end sites to obtain the public IPv4 address space they need to expand operations. IPv6 was developed to address the IPv4 address exhaustion problem, but widespread deployment has barely begun. This document reiterates the IETF's support and continued commitment to IPv6. IPv6 deployment is still necessary to ensure the continued growth and expansion of the Internet. Deployment of IPv6 is needed to preserve important Internet properties that have made it a success and enable new generations of applications and services.
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