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

[Nick Buraglio <[e-mail]>]

v6ops folks,


Nevermind the fact that this is the organization that I work for and
that Michael is a friend and colleague, I *highly* recommend reading
this. Michael has written an absolutely wonderful article here that is
very informative, entertaining, and worth the time to read. It is
especially relevant to folks that are newer to IPv6 as it lays out
quite clearly some history and context that isn't easy to find.

nb

On Sat, Aug 3, 2024 at 2:06 PM Michael Sinatra <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
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