IPv4 sunset date revised : 2009-02-05

Fri Oct 22 17:54:03 UTC 2010

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 09:42:50AM -0700, Cameron Byrne wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:20 PM, George Bonser <gbonser at seven.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Christopher Morrow > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 9:49 PM
> >> To: bmanning
> >> Cc: NANOG
> >> Subject: Re: IPv4 sunset date revised : 2009-02-05
> >
> >
> >>
> >> (now I'm teasing.. .Bill where's your docs on this fantastic new
> >> teknowlogie?)
> >>
> >
> > I found it here:
> >
> > http://www.ivi2.org/
> >
> > But the readme is a bit confusing:
> >
> > http://www.ivi2.org/code/00-ivi0.5-README
> >
> > Trying to figure out how they map a /70 v6 prefix to a /30 v4 prefix
> > assuming the mapping is to be 1-1
> >
> 
> Right, 1 to 1 does not solve any IPv4 exhaustion problems.


	ah... but the trick is to only need enough IPv4 in the pool
	to dynamically talk to the Internet.  Native v6 to Native v6
	never has to drop back to the Internet, It uses native v6
	paths.  So the larger the v6 uptake, the fewer Internet addreses
	you'll need to keep around in your pool.

	
> Going back to the title of the thread, IVI does not help you sunset
> IPv4 since the same amount of IPv4 is required.

	See above.

> Cameron