[136924] in North American Network Operators' Group
Seeking IPv6 services (was: Random Port Blocking at Hotels)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Sun Feb 6 14:14:19 2011
From: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
To: "John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 19:13:13 +0000
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102052106001.53545@joyce.lan>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Feb 5, 2011, at 9:06 PM, John R. Levine wrote:
> Sure. Bet you ten bucks that no hotel in North America offers IPv6 this =
year in the wifi they provide to customers. (Conference networks don't cou=
nt.)
That could easily be the case this year...
However, it's not going to stay that way for long, particularly if=20
corporate buyers specify IPv6 in their RFPs for hotel room blocks.=20
As of January 1st, 2012, ARIN considers IPv4 and IPv6 both necessary=20
for something to be "available via the Internet" per our procurement=20
policy, and we're in the process of informing our service providers=20
(including such things as hotels, payroll and benefit services with=20
web portals, vendors with online support, etc) of that requirement.
Note - we're not going to let lack of IPv6 in hotel rooms prevent us
from holding a Public Policy Meeting, but making it clear that we'll=20
prefer compliant vendors if there's a viable choice has a real effect=20
on getting attention to the requirement by those in charge.
I'm certain that others folks out there also buy things, but I'm only=20
in charge of ARIN.
FWIW,
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN
