[v6ops] ESnet celebrates 25 years of production IPv6 *today*

[Michael Sinatra <[e-mail]>]

Hi folks:

Nick is on a post-IETF vacation, so I thought I would mention a 
milestone that's of interest to this group.

A quarter-century ago *today*, ARIN allocated its first LIR block of 
production IPv6 address space--to ESnet.  This may have been the first 
LIR block in the world, as WIDE would receive 2001:200:: days later.

I discuss the history of this moment in a blog post here (v4-only, thank 
you Wordpress): 
https://lightbytes.es.net/2024/08/02/25-years-of-production-ipv6-in-esnet/

We also have a news item on the ESnet website (v6, thank you 
Cloudflare): 
https://www.es.net/news-and-publications/esnet-news/2024/esnet-celebrates-25-years-of-production-ipv6/

Of course, none of this would be possible without the great work of the 
IETF and its working groups over the years (ngtrans, v6ops, etc., and 
the various players who developed IPng, refined it, and shepherded it to 
standardization).  Thank you all.

michael