IPv6 -- Open Internet for Open Source

Abstract

We have been constrained in our ability to make full use of the Internet for many years. These constraints have been so ubiquitous for so long that many engineers and end-users do not even realize that the Internet has much more potential than is being realized today. Some even fear the idea of an end-to-end model where every system on the Internet is uniquely addressable. We are becoming even more constrained as we are imminently running out of available IPv4 addresses to continue the growth of the Internet.

IPv6 is happening and is the only viable way forward for the modern Internet. This talk will demystify IPv6. It will show how security is not significantly reduced with an end-to-end model and give real-world examples of how to configure open source systems to do IPv6, including address configuration, connecting to the IPv6 Internet even if your provider isn't ready, and the addition of IPv6 capabilities to your DNS, Web, and Email servers using common open source applications.

Biography

Owen DeLong is an IPv6 Evangelist and Director of Professional Services at Hurricane Electric and a member of the ARIN Advisory Council. Owen brings more than 25 years of industry experience. He is an active member of the systems administration, operations, and IP Policy communities. In the past, Owen has worked at Tellme Networks (Senior Network Engineer), Exodus Communications (Senior Backbone Engineer) where he was part of the team that took Exodus from a pre-IPO start up with two data centers to a major global provider of hosting services, Netcom Online (Network Engineer) where he worked on a team that moved the Internet from an expensive R&E tool to a widely available public access system accessible to anyone with a computer, Sun Microsystems (Senior Systems Administrator), and more. He can be reached as owend at he dot net.

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