Aftab A Siddiquiipv6 Apnic Apricot

By
Aftab A. Siddiqui
Cyber Internet Services (Pvt.) Ltd
IPv6 Task Force Pakistan
 Introduction
 IPv6 delegation in Pakistan
 Pakistan’s IPv6 prefixes visibility
 IPv6 Task Force Introduction
 Pakistan v6Core architecture
 v6Core Road Map
 IPv4 to IPv6 Transition
 IPv6 is the new version of the Internet Layer
Protocol (IP) in the TCP/IP suite.
 BUT, its not new….
 RFC 2460 (IPv6) was released in December
1998.
 It has been more than a decade now.
 So, NO MORE EXCUSES…..

 As of 1st February 2011, there are 57 APNIC
members in Pakistan.
 Every member is entitled to get an IPv6
allocation of /32 (and /48 in some cases).
 BUT Unfortunately…..
 According to APNIC routing database out of
57 only 19 Members have got their IPv6
address space. i.e. ~33%
Member Name Category IPv6 Address Space
AMZ Technologies (Private) Limited SMALL 2401:a200::/32
Connect Communication MEDIUM 2401:ea00::/32
Cyber Internet Services Pakistan MEDIUM 2001:4538::/32
Delta Networks SMALL 2402:7c00::/32
Gerrys Information Technology (PVT) Ltd MEDIUM 2406:ac00::/32
HEC SMALL 2400:fc00::/32
IMZAK UK Limited SMALL 2401:9e00::/32
LARGE 2401::/32,
Linkdotnet Telecom Limited 2404:148::/32
Micronet Broadband (Pvt) Ltd. MEDIUM 2407:d000::/32
Multinet Broadband MEDIUM 2401:8e00::/32
National Institutional Facilitation VERY SMALL
Technologies. 2001:df0:84::/48
Pakistan Software Export Board SMALL 2405:c00::/32
Pakistan Telecom company limited VERY LARGE 2404:7000::/32
Supernet, PDS Limited MEDIUM 2001:fe8::/32
Telenor Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd SMALL 2402:e000::/32
TRANSWORLD ASSOCIATES (PVT) LIMITED MEDIUM 2404:d400::/32
WARID TELECOM SMALL 2407:9c00::/32
Wi-Tribe Pakistan Limited LARGE 2404:f400::/32
Worldcall Multimedia Limited (WML) LARGE 2406:7000::/32
 Out of 19 members having IPv6 address space only 6
are advertising their prefixes on the Internet. i.e. ~31%
Member Name Category IPv6 Address Space v6 Route
Cyber Internet Services Pakistan MEDIUM 2001:4538::/32 Advertised
Delta Networks SMALL 2402:7c00::/32 Advertised

2401::/32,
Linkdotnet Telecom Limited LARGE 2404:148::/32 Advertised
Pakistan Telecom PTCL VERY LARGE 2404:7000::/32 Advertised
Supernet, PDS Limited MEDIUM 2001:fe8::/32 Advertised
Worldcall Multimedia Limited LARGE 2406:7000::/32 Advertised

 IPv6 Task Force was created by few technology
enthusiast from Cybernet, Supernet and Dancom.
 It is accredited by IPv6 Forum, APNIC, SANOG and PTA.
 The main idea was to start working towards IPv6
deployment as early as possible.
 A working charter was established with consensus
among the stake holders.
Task Force was formed with the following objectives:
 Identify key application/product vendors and ISPs to promote
IPv6 in Pakistan.
 Propose, discuss, implement and share regional and local IPv6
strategies
 Facilitate the means to promote IPv6 and its related
technology through TF managed events and webportal.
 Work with academia to promote addition of IPv6 in their
curriculum.
 Develop General Deployment and Transition Guidelines
 Investigate and publicize IPv6 deployment status;
 Establish and maintain Project 6Core (National IPv6 Core of
Pakistan).
Membership:
 Membership is open to any organization willing to
contribute to IPv6 promotion and deployment in
Pakistan.
 No membership fees.
 There shall be no limit as to the number of Members
of the Task Force.
 All Members shall be entitled to participate in Task
Force discussions.
 6Core stands for "IPv6 National Core.” which is the First
IPv6 based project initiated by ISPs of Pakistan under the
common platform of Pakistan IPv6 Task Force. The 6Core is
a test-bed network that was started by CYBERNET,
SUPERNET, DANCOM towards transition from IPv4 to IPv6.
 The 6Core project was started to enable various IPv6
testing as well as to assist in the transitioning of Pakistan
ISP/NSP and other Enterprises’ IPv4 networks into IPv6
Internet.
 It is managed on a collaborative, best-effort basis by its
Nationwide ISP/NSPs, Educational institutes etc.
The proposed road map is in 5 phases initially.
Phase I:
 Every ISP will initiate single IPv6 Tunnel with all other ISPs in
Pakistan to establish IPv6 tunnel ring.
 Every ISP will advertise its /32 CIDR only (No v6 Transit services
will be offered).
 IPv6 Tunnel will be used only for IPv6 traffic (unicast/multicast)
only.
 BGP neighborship will be created over National IPv6 tunnels.
 For international IPv6 traffic every ISP will forward it to their
International IPv6 Tunnel provider.
Phase II:
 Every ISP will launch www6, DNS and FTP services over IPv6 in
their Testbeds.
 Services like TFTP, Telnet and SSH, and DHCPv6 will be tested.
 ICMPv6 functions verification i.e. ICMPv6 Echo Request, Reply
and Redirect, ICMP "hop limit exceeded," Neighbor
Unreachability Detection, Path MTU Detection and
Fragmentation/Reassembly, etc..
Phase III:
 Multiple v6 Tunnel between the ISP (base on major

regions KHI/LHR/ISB only).
 Every ISP will relax the prefix filter policy to /32 upto
/48 to implement Multi-homed Traffic Engineering.
 Routing Protocol performance “OSPFv3, ISIS and
BGP4+” will be tested.
 Different Tunnel scenarios i.e. static tunnels, 6to4,
ISATAP, Teredo and Tunnel Broker will be tested.
 There were many phases in the road map but
somehow we never went ahead of Phase II and Phase
III.
 So, what went wrong?
◦ Gap in understanding between front line engineers and
decision makers.
◦ Lack of support/interest from Govt. functions and
regulators.
◦ Lack of support/interest from academia specially HEC-PERN
◦ Failure to create a business case. No user is asking for IPv6.
 Crunch line to move forward:
◦ IPv6 is the only technology available to serve the

long term solution for Internet.
◦ It is not perfect, its not backward compatible and it
DOES NOT work with IPv4.
◦ BUT, it does work ALONGSIDE IPv4 through co-
existence and transition.
 Since the IPv6 only networks are rare and
working in isolation. Therefore, to reach IPv6
Internet from IPv6 host there should be
certain transition methods
 Transition approaches:
◦ IPv6 only i.e. Native v6 in Parallel
◦ Dual Stack
◦ Tunneling
◦ Translation
 A planned rollout in an average moderate network
environment could take 2 years.
 If you are still looking for a business case than imagine
Internet with NAT only.
 The sooner you start, the more time you have to test
the network.
 Start conserving your IPv4 addresses for rainy days.
 IPv6 Task Force is doing IPv6 awareness seminars and
lectures in universities.
 IPv6 Task Force is helping enterprises and academia to
setup networks and labs.
 IPv6 Task Force provides IPv6 prefixes assigned by
Cybernet.
 We are working on a complete IPv6 task force portal
with all the desired resources
 Operational experience with transitional technologies
is minimal. There are more questions than answers.
We know few answers……
Any Questions…..
 Related Links
◦ IPv6 Task Force Pakistan www.ipv6tf.org.pk
◦ Tunnel Broker www.he.net
◦ APNIC IPv6 Program
www.apnic.net/community/ipv6-program
◦ IPv6 Forum www.ipv6forum.org
Contact:
[email protected]

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 So, NO MORE EXCUSES…..

Member Name Category IPv6 Address Space v6 Route

Cyber Internet Services Pakistan MEDIUM 2001:4538::/32 Advertised

Delta Networks SMALL 2402:7c00::/32 Advertised

Pakistan Telecom PTCL VERY LARGE 2404:7000::/32 Advertised

Supernet, PDS Limited MEDIUM 2001:fe8::/32 Advertised

Worldcall Multimedia Limited LARGE 2406:7000::/32 Advertised

 Multiple v6 Tunnel between the ISP (base on major

◦ IPv6 is the only technology available to serve the

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