As Danish physicist Niels Bohr once said, “Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” Admittedly, we can’t predict every single detail regarding the future of the Internet but we certainly have a few ideas about where we’re headed. The Internet is beginning to operate very differently than it has in the past. As revealedRead More
Read MoreAs you may know, 6 June 2012 was World IPv6 Launch Day, a day in which major Internet-based companies, including Google, Facebook, YouTube, Yahoo! and many others permanently enabled IPv6 for some of their products and services to customers. Everyone has been talking about how the Internet changed that day, but what exactly does that mean?Read More
Read MoreHappy World IPv6 Launch Day! Today is the day the Internet will change forever. Many companies and websites around the world are permanently deploying the next generation Internet Protocol, IPv6, to ensure the Internet remains open and accessible for the future. Organized by the Internet Society, World IPv6 Launch is helping to encourage the adoptionRead More
Read MoreARIN was busy spreading the word about IPv6 at The Cable Show in Boston, MA last week. The cable industry has not been overly saturated with messages of IPv4 depletion and the importance for IPv6 adoption, so it was important for ARIN to carry the message directly to those who still need to hear it.Read More
Read MoreLast week ARIN paid a visit to the IT gurus at Interop Las Vegas to spread the word on the urgent need for IPv6 adoption. While we did expect a crowd of information-hungry networking professionals, vendors and executives from far and wide, we were pleasantly surprised to hear that nearly all booth visitors had heardRead More
Read MoreGuest blog post by Chris Grundemann On a cool but clear Dearborn evening in October of 2009, several members of the NANOG and ARIN community walked from our hotel to share a meal at a nearby restaurant. The large party was forced to split across two tables. The deciding factor of which table to sitRead More
Read MoreImagine a time when your refrigerator will be able to report inventory and let you know when you’re running low on eggs, your flowerpots tweet when they need water, and your thermostats self-regulate. Think you need to wait until the year 2150? Guess again. These are all examples that have been bandied about in discussionsRead More
Read MoreWe haven’t been gone long, but we miss Vancouver already. ARIN XXIX, our most recent Public Policy and Members Meeting, was a huge success. In three short days we covered everything, and we mean EVERYTHING, from ARIN policy proposals on ASN transfers and IPv4 transfers, to the draft policy ARIN-2011-7: Compliance Requirement, and muchRead More
Read MoreDay Three marked the end of our Public Policy and Members Meeting in Vancouver, BC. Today brought you the Members Meeting portion of ARIN XXIX. This meeting was open to everyone. Read on for your daily recap. We heard updates from each ARIN department and reports on the ARIN Advisory Council and ARIN Board ofRead More
Read MoreDay two of ARIN’s Public Policy and Members Meeting in Vancouver has just drawn to a close, and we’ve had another great day of policy discussions, presentations, networking opportunities, and more. Here is your daily recap for Day 2 of ARIN XXIX. After we called the meeting to order, we jumped right into reviewing openRead More
Read MoreDay one of the ARIN XXIX Public Policy and Members Meeting has come and gone. It is has been a great day. Hopefully you joined us either in person in Vancouver, British Columbia, or remotely via one of our remote participation options. If you didn’t, it is ok; just read this recap of the day’sRead More
Read MoreNow is your chance to catch a sneak peek of all the ARIN XXIX Meeting Materials before the meeting even begins on Sunday. Attendees will receive a hard copy of these materials at registration in Vancouver, but you can view them online now! These documents should help you to prepare for the meeting (whether you’llRead More
Read MoreThe ARIN XXIX Public Policy and Members Meeting is less than one week away, and we’re excited to dive into lively discussions surrounding IPv6, draft proposals, and more. Before we get started with the nitty-gritty of the meeting, we want to point out a few easy ways you can get more involved at ARIN XXIX.Read More
Read MoreOver the past couple of months, our exploration of the Internet has proven to be quite the undertaking. We’ve determined what an IP address is and discovered where all the IPv4 addresses have gone. But that has left us wondering: where do IPv6 addresses come from? When the original Internet Protocol, IPv4, was deployed inRead More
Read MoreNormally we talk about WHY you should be involved with ARIN, but today we want to stick to the practicalities. With our first 2012 Public Policy and Members Meeting just a couple weeks away, now is the perfect time to get up to speed. First, we recommend you join the ARIN Public Policy Mailing (PPML)Read More
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