Paul Wilson, Director General of APNIC delivered a keynote presentation on 'IP address - Past, Present and Future' at MyNOG 11 held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the 5 June 2024.
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IP address - Past, Present and Future presented by Paul Wilson
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Early days: 1981 â 1992
âThe assignment of numbers is also handled by Jon. If you are
developing a protocol or application that will require the use of a
link, socket, port, protocol, or network number please contact
Jon to receive a number assignment.â (RFC 790)
1981:
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Boom times: 1992 â 2001
âIt has become clear that ⌠these problems are likely to become critical
within the next one to three years.â (RFC1366, Gerich)
ââŚit is [now] desirable to consider delegating the registration function to an
organization in each of those geographic areas.â (RFC 1338)
1992:
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What do RIRs do?
⢠Internet number resource management
â IP addresses: IPv4 and IPv6; and Autonomous System Numbers
â Resource allocation, registration (âwhoisâ), transfer
â Resource Resource certification (RPKI, ROA publication)
⢠Policy development process
â Coordination and support of PDP
â Open Policy Meetings
â Global policy process (via ASO and ICANN)
⢠Public representation and advocacy
â Governmental and inter-Governmental spaces
â Defense of the Internet and its multistakeholder governance
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IPv4 exhaustionâŚ
⢠IANA pool expired in 2011
â RIR regional supplies followed (2012 to 2017)
â Only APNIC has remaining supply (after reclamation in 2023)
⢠Delaying the inevitableâŚ
â Address sharing, Network Address Translation (NAT), CGNAT
â RIR-registered transfers (sales or leases)
⢠Trading in the remainsâŚ
â Purchase and leasing
â Chaotic white/grey/black markets
â Price: 10 to 1,000x the price of registration
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The need for IPv6âŚ
⢠One reason: more IP addresses
â Other benefits are minor
⢠The Internet will keep growing
â Broadband, wifi, 4G, 5GâŚ
â Internet of Things
⢠IPv6 is the only viable option
â Enable sustainable growth of the Internet
â Without IPv6 the future isnât great
⢠But will it work?
â Yes, eventuallyâŚ
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IPv6 address space
⢠IPv4: 32-bit address
â 232 = 4,294,967,296
â The number of stars in the
observable universe
⢠IPv6: 128-bit address
â 2128 =
340,282,366,920,938,463,463,37
4,607,431,768,211,456
â Each of those stars contains an
entire IPv4 Internet
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What drives deployment?
⢠Motivations
â Supply of addresses: numbering, management, mergers
â Cost of IPv4 (USD $40/address) vs cost of IPv6 (miniscule)
â Cost of IPv4 NAT (USD $40/user/year?) vs no cost for native IPv6
â Efficiency of technology and routing -> Lower latency
â Competition and the network effect
⢠Doubts
â Human capacity
â Business risks, security and other FUDâŚ
â ⌠natural resistance to change.
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APNIC
⢠The RIR for the Asia Pacific region, since 1993
â For a âGlobal, Open, Stable and Secure Internetâ
⢠Delegates and manages Internet
number resources
â IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
â AS numbers
⢠Agency for Internet development
â Training, infrastructure, advocacy
⢠Membership-based, not-for-profit
â Community self-regulatory body
â Open, Neutral, Transparent, Trusted
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NIRs in the APNIC region
⢠National registries existed prior to APNICâŚ
â JPNIC, CNNIC, KRNIC*, TWNIC*, AUNIC, NZNIC
⢠Some NIRs formed later
â VNNIC, IRINN, IDNIC
⢠Some dissolved after APNIC formed
â AUNIC, NZNIC
⢠NIR functions
â âAgentâ for RIR services according to APNIC policies
â Interfacing with APNIC: Operations, Services and PDP
â Other activities according to role and need
⢠âThe economic conditions and benefits for the establishment of new NIRs
have declined, and new NIRs are no longer sustainableâ â APNIC EC, 2024
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What else does APNIC do?
⢠Information products and services
â APNIC Labs, APNIC Blog, Ping
â Tools: Rex, DASH, Netox
⢠Representation
â Defense of the Internet and its multistakeholder governance
â Liaison: IETF, ICANN, ITU, APT, PITA, OECD, APEC TELâŚ
⢠Infrastructure support
â IXPs and DNS rootservers
⢠Internet development
â APNIC Academy
â APNIC Foundation (2016)
â Asia Pacific Internet Development Trust (2021)
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APNIC 58
⢠Wellington, New Zealand, with Pacific IGF
â Workshops: 30 August to 2 September
â Conference: 4 to 6 September 2024
â Fellowships available!
https://conference.apnic.net/58