A month ago, I sent the request below to the NRO NC and NRO EC members
in my region, asking for an update on ICANN's IPv6 Initiative
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/ipv6-initiative-2017-02-28-en>,
announced last year. Maybe my message was lost, because I didn't get a
reply from any of them. The minutes
<https://aso.icann.org/meetings/formal-ac-meetings/> from this week's
meeting have not been published yet, so maybe it has been discussed.
I strongly suspect that this initiative is completely inactive due to a
perceived lack of community interest. It seems to me that the ASO AC is
a primary community of interest for it, and I would like the ASO AC to
request a regular update from ICANN staff.
Lee Howard
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: ICANN IPv6 initiative update
Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 12:35:33 +0000
From: Lee Howard <lee.howard(a)retevia.net>
To: mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com, louie(a)louie.net, kevinb(a)thewire.ca,
jschiller(a)google.com, jcurran(a)istaff.org
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/ipv6-initiative-2017-02-28-en
That's the last mention I can find of ICANN's IPv6 Initiative. I would
like ICANN to provide an update, and I think it's a reasonable request
to come from the ALO and ASO. I *could* go directly to Board or staff
members I know, but I'd like to have some community engagement on this.
1.a. What percentage of gTLD name servers have working AAAA records and
support IPpv6 glue?
1.b. What percentage of Registrars provide WHOIS over IPv6, and accept
AAAA record updates via the same system as other records? (I had a
registrar who required a phone call to create a AAAA).
1.c. Which ccTLD name servers have working AAAA records? ICANN can
report, even if they can't require.
1.d. How does ICANN validate that vendors comply with the IPv6
requirement? When will it be updated to support IPv6-only? Why is it
limited to web design, hosting, programming, software and network
devices--why not require airline vendors, meeting spaces, caterers, and
so on, to enable IPv6 on their web sites (or at least publish their
plans for doing so)? For hotels, why doesn't the hotel network remain
IPv6-capable after ICANN leaves?
2. What is the status of all of the items listed?
If these items can't be updated constantly, it seems reasonable at least
to get a report at ICANN meetings.
Thanks,
Lee
