IPv6 Guidance for Internet Content and Application Service Providers
draft-ietf-v6ops-icp-guidance-04
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V6OPS B. Carpenter
Internet-Draft Univ. of Auckland
Intended status: Informational S. Jiang
Expires: March 21, 2013 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
September 17, 2012
IPv6 Guidance for Internet Content and Application Service Providers
draft-ietf-v6ops-icp-guidance-04
Abstract
This document provides guidance and suggestions for Internet Content
Providers and Application Service Providers who wish to offer their
service to both IPv6 and IPv4 customers. Many of the points will
also apply to hosting providers, or to any enterprise network
preparing for IPv6 users.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. General Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Education and Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4. Arranging IPv6 Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5. IPv6 Infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.1. Address and subnet assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.2. Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.3. DNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6. Load Balancers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7. Proxies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8. Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8.1. Network Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8.2. Application Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8.3. Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
8.4. Geolocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
9. Coping with Transition Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
10. Content Delivery Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
11. Business Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
12. Possible Complexities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
13. Operations and Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
14. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
15. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
16. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
17. Change log [RFC Editor: Please remove] . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
18. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
18.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
18.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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1. Introduction
The deployment of IPv6 [RFC2460] is now in progress, and users
without direct IPv4 access are likely to appear in increasing numbers
in the coming years. Any provider of content or application services
over the Internet will need to arrange for IPv6 access or else risk
losing large numbers of potential users. For users who already have
dual stack connectivity, direct IPv6 access might provide more
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