The Deploy360 Programme staff has been collecting requirements and feedback for IPv6-related content from the community here at the Deploy360 site, from within social networks and at our ION conferences.
Based on that feedback, this document is an analysis of the IPv6-related content that needs to be added to the Deploy360 Programme website. Each section lists two areas of content:
- Requirements – content that must be added to the site for this section to be “complete” in terms of meeting the section’s education goal.
- Enhancements – content that we would like to add to each section. This content may be added after the required content is complete or if additional funding, staff or volunteers can be found to assist with this content.
This is a living document that will be continually updated and changed as we complete listed items, discover new items we believe need to be added and/or receive feedback from the larger community about items that need to be added or removed from the list. (And we welcome your feedback on these documents.)
The content listed below will either be curated (i.e. found on the Internet, verified for accuracy and pointed to with a review from the Deploy360 site) or will be created by the Deploy360 team in conjunction with partners and volunteers.
Separate from the content identified here, there is also the need to translate the content on the Deploy360 site into other languages.
Feedback on this roadmap is definitely welcome. Thank you.
IPv6 Basics
Requirements:
- Introductory video explaining what IPv6 is all about (created or curated)
- Simplified roadmap for how to deploy IPv6
- Instructions for how to configure IPv6 on different operating systems and mobile devices
- Suggestions to help validate the accuracy of IPv6 capability claims of vendor products
- Pointing to existing lists of equipment known to work with IPv6
- Basic guidelines for IPv6 security (open up a separate section on the site?)
- Information on network planning with IPv6
- Guidelines for IPv6 address allocation planning
- IPv6 routing best practices
- IPv6 RFC review
- How to obtain IPv6 address allocations from the RIRs
- IPv6 diagnostic and troubleshooting tools
- Tutorial on how to set up an IPv6 test lab using tunnelbrokers and other systems
Enhancements:
- Videos of IPv6 configuration on different operating systems and mobile devices
- Video/screencast of setting up an IPv6 test lab
- Pointers and reviews to books/ebooks related to IPv6
- Animated video (Common Craft-style) that explains IPv6 to common audience
- Videos/screencasts related to IPv6 security
IPv6 Case Studies
Requirements:
- Case study (text) with a large ISP
- Case study with a wireless ISP
- Case studies with multiple developers of different types of applications
- Case studies with multiple content providers
- Case studies with consumer electronics manufacturers
- Case studies with enterprises who have moved their networks to IPv6
Enhancements:
- Video case studies with all of the above
- Audio versions of the case studies
- Slide presentation(s) summarizing these case studies
- Webinars with case study participants
- Design and publish “deployment scenarios” for IPv6 that are suited to specific industry segments rather than rely solely on case studies
IPv6 Training
Requirements:
- Identification of courseware available for open/free usage
- Further identification of IPv6 courses available
- Train-the-Trainer courseware
Enhancements:
- Creation of additional written courseware
- Creation of deployment-focused e-learning / video tutorials
- Ongoing webinar series offering IPv6 education
- Develop and standardize a training package for IPv6 that trainers and consultants can use as a base for educating their customers
Network Operators
Requirements:
- Guidelines for considerations for moving networks to IPv6
- Case studies (previously covered above)
- Questions to ask vendors regarding IPv6 support
- Pointers to databases of IPv6-enabled equipment
Enhancements:
- Commissioned analyst whitepapers on IPv6 migration
- Videos/screencasts related to IPv6 transition
- Materials related to IPv6 multihoming
- Maintaining actual database of IPv6-enabled equipment
- Marketing materials to help operators promote IPv6 to their customers
Developers
Requirements:
- Guidelines for migrating applications or services to IPv6
- Case studies (previously covered above)
- Pointers to open source or reference implementations of IPv6
- Pointers to IPv6 test tools and sites
- Tutorials/considerations for operating in a dual-stack environment
- Information about IPv6 transition mechanisms
- Information about use of “Happy Eyeballs” (RFC 6555)
Enhancements:
- Videos/screencasts showing use of IPv6 libraries
- Commissioning of IPv6 shows on existing developer-focused video podcasts
- Creation of open source test tools and/or libraries
Content Providers
Requirements:
- Case studies
- Information about using hosting providers that support IPv6
- Listings of IPv6 hosting providers
- Questions to ask your current hosting provider
- Information/tutorials about using content delivery networks (CDNs) that support IPv6
- Information/tutorials about using relay/proxy services to IPv6-enable content
- Information/tutorials about transition technologies identified in RFC 6589
Enhancements:
- Videos/screencasts demonstrating IPv6 at hosting providers
- Videos/screencasts demonstrating use of CDNs with IPv6
- Videos/screencasts demonstrating relay/proxy services
- Videos/screencasts demonstrating transition technologies
Consumer Electronics Manufacturers
Requirements:
- Case studies
- Information about business case / value in using IPv6
- (similar information as with Developers in how to add IPv6 support to a device)
Enhancements:
- (Same video screencasts as under IPv6 Basics and Developers)
Enterprise Customers
Requirements:
- More material helping C-levels understand the need to deploy IPv6
- Business case / cost benefit analysis support for IPv6
- Case studies
- Practical guide to IPv6 address management tools
- Information about different types of IPv6 address blocks (PA vs PI)
Enhancements:
- Commissioned analyst whitepapers on IPv6 migration
- Videos/screencasts related to enterprise usage of IPv6
- Slides / materials to help enterprise advocates promote IPv6 within their enterprise
Additional Content
The following content was requested at ION events and does not currently have a section within the Deploy360 site.
Enhancements:
- Information about consultants
- Online forum for user discussion at the portal
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