This month we have David Holder from Erion, a company who specialise in training and consultancy in complex networking technologies. He'll be talking about the new Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).

CGN and IPv6
Challenges for Content Providers, Service Providers and End Users

Abstract

The IPv4 address space is exhausted and the scarcity of addresses is leading to the deployment of techniques to preserve and better utilises currently allocated addresses. Amongst these techniques, Carrier Grade NAT (CGN) is the one most likely to be deployed by service providers in their access networks.

The long-term solution to address exhaustion is IPv6 with its enormous address space. However, the existing and widespread deployment of IPv4 networks and systems make it necessary to continue to support IPv4 into the near future.

The deployment of CGN is not without its challenges. CGN in the data path affects all players; the End User, the Application Developers, the Service Provider, the Carriers and the Content Providers. In particular, CGNs can impact banking applications, Internet advertising, Internet analytics, Legal Intercept, Voice and Messaging Applications, Games Consoles Applications, AJAX applications and much more.

This presentation reviews the implications of CGN, how it affects all parties, the actions that content providers can take to mitigate CGN issues and the role of IPv6.

About David Holder

Dr Holder is the CEO and chief consultant of Erion Ltd. The leading IPv6 consultancy and training company. He has extensive experience of IPv6 gained over nearly twenty years of working with organisations worldwide on the implementation and deployment of IPv6. Dr Holder is the main author of Ofcom's recent study; Report on the Implications of Carrier Grade Network Address Translators.

This is a free talk. All welcome.

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