The NRO has released a new survey about the current deployment status of IPv6. While the survey shows that the deployment status of IPv6 is improving there is still a long way to go before IPv6 is part of the mainstream of most IP network deployments.
http://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/ipv6_deployment_survey.pdf
Last week, I presented a paper at the joint Nanog 53 & ARIN XXVIII meeting which I did as part of an elective at SeattleU for my MBA program. The paper entitled “Economics of IPv4 Transfer Market on IPv6 Deployment” discusses some of the economic aspects of the new IPv4 address market and the IPv6 transition.
Economics of IPv4 Transfer Market on IPv6 Deployment
Abstract: Internet Protocol numbers are used every day by billions of people who communicate over the Internet. These unique identifier numbers allow the computers, mobile devices, and servers on the Internet to communicate with each other. The Internet developed under a numbering system known as IPv4. The IPv4 available number pool is largely expected to be depleted in some regions starting in 2011. A new numbering scheme, known as IPv6, has been developed but has not been largely deployed. The lack of easily available IPv4 numbering resources and the lack of IPv6 compatible networks could cause a number of changes to the Internet including limiting growth, changing overall architecture, and restricting free information access. Here we examine the background of the IP addressing schemes, the economics behind the management of these scarce resources, and how these may affect the implementation of IPv6 into the Internet.
This paper and companion presentation was presented at the fall 201 APNIC meeting and discusses some of the risks associated with the current transition from IPv4 to IPv6.
Paul Vixie (currently serving on the ARIN board of trustees) presents an article in the journal of the Association for Computer Machinery his thoughts comparing the idea of multiple DNS roots with the concept of multiple whois registries for IP addresses.
Any proposal for a competing Whois registry model is as doomed by design and destiny as every alternative DNS system. Even if it succeeds at first, it would fail after copycatting occurred. Participants in RIR public policy development would do well to remember this when evaluating dire warnings of RIR Whois irrelevancy because of an RIR transfer regime having a requirement of near-term demonstrated operational need.
http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2008216
UPDATE:
Milton Mueller of the Internet Governance Project provides his thoughts in contrast.
http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2011/8/15/4877516.html
APNIC has made it official, the Asia Pacific region has now fully depleted their IPv4 available address pool. APNIC now has only a reserved /8 remaining that will be used to provide each APNIC member on a single /22.