IETF v6ops Working Group on Software Gone Wild

In a triumphant return, Ivan Pepelnjak has resurected the Software Gone Wild podcast! As some may recall, I was a co-host on SGW for quite a while, eventually branching out into the MODEM.show in around 2020. Well, MODEM has concluded, and SGW has returned. It was quite fun to “get the band back together” and record this one. From the podcast post : The first IPv6 specs were published in 1995, and yet 30 years later, we still have a pretty active IETF working group focused on “developing guidelines for the deployment and operation of new and existing IPv6 networks.

PB189 - RFC 9898 – Neighbor Discovery Considerations in IPv6 Deployments

The newly published RFC 9898 is the discussion of today’s podcast. The IPv6 Buzz crew explore the complexities of neighbor discovery and review solutions for both operators and architects. They share how this RFC serves as a single, detailed resource to improve your understanding of neighbor discovery and to reduce the potential attack surface in your IPv6 networks. Neighbor Discovery is one of the more complex pieces of IPv6 and this document aims to provide clarity on nearly all aspects of how it works.

IPB188 - IPv6 Adoption for an Entire Country

What does it take for an entire country to adopt IPv6? Our guest today is Tenanoia (Noia) Simona , CEO of Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation , the country’s sole telecommunications provider. She’s here to walk us through the difficulties of connecting the many islands of Tuvalu and their journey to achieving one of the world’s highest IPv6 adoption rates. This was a fin one where we roamed around into undesea fiber, long haul, satellite, and peering.