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Resource Library

Everyone should have access to an open and trusted Internet.
Read our reports, papers, and other documents for insight and vision on how we can get there.

Action Plan 2024

Our roadmap for tackling the threats and challenges for today’s Internet as we look to grow and defend it for future generations.

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2023 Year in Review

The Year in Review shows the steps we took in 2023 to ensure the Internet is for everyone. Learn about the positive difference we made for the Internet.

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Internet Impact Briefs

Shorter reports that analyze how different policies or new technologies may affect what the Internet needs to exist and thrive.

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Global Internet Report (GIR)

From trust to consolidation, access to sustainability, a deep look at the forces shaping our digital future.

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Policy Briefs

Our perspective on critical Internet issues, including community networks, encryption, open Internet standards, Internet Exchange Points, and more.

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VPS Providers Supporting IPv6

IPv6 Badge With Regional Internet Registries(RIRs) quickly running out of IPv4 addresses, more and more cloud computing providers are offering Virtual Private Servers(VPS) for IPv6. The purpose of this resource page ...

DNS Considerations for IPv6

IPv6 Badge With so much information on IPv6 focusing on connectivity, it's sometimes important to remember that deploying IPv6 for actual use requires changes to the Domain Name System(DNS) as well ...

Case Study: T-Mobile US Goes IPv6-only Using 464XLAT

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T-Mobile in the United States was running out of IPv4 addresses and needed an IPv6 transition strategy. Their solution was 464XLAT and IPv6-only.

464XLAT is an IPv6 ...

Case Study: IPv6 At The U.S. Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is one of the leading implementors of IPv6 within the U.S. government. Charles Sun, IPv6 Transition Manager for the U.S. Census Bureau, provided us with ...

Case Study: IPv6 at Xtracta

xtracta_logoXtracta, a New Zealand based software development company, started deploying IPv6 in 2013. They were faced with the problem of acquiring new IPv4 address space, so decided to take the ...

Case Study: IPv6 at Cisco

cisco_logoCisco Systems initially began investigating IPv6 in 2002, but accelerated deploying IPv6 in 2010. They developed a two part strategy that split the project into deploying IPv6 for Cisco's web ...

Case Study: Facebook Moving To An IPv6-Only Internal Network

At the 2014 v6 World Congress in Paris, Facebook's Paul Saab outlined how Facebook is well on the path toward moving to an IPv6-only internal network. He makes the point ...

Case Study: SMTP over IPv6 at LinkedIn

Popular social networking site LinkedIn has a dual stack IPv4 and IPv6 network. They wanted build on that by deploying email over IPv6 using the Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) ...

Case Study: Mexico’s AXTEL Outlines Phases of IPv6 Deployment and Recommendations

AXTEL is the second-largest telecommunications operator in Mexico, running its own network in 39 major cities in Mexico and having connectivity to 200 more cities across the country.  They have ...

Case Study: How Romania’s RCS&RDS Deployed IPv6

The following IPv6 case study was contributed by Liviu Pislaru from RCS & RDS.
RCS & RDS is one of the most important telecom operators in the region, providing ...

RFC 7123 – Security Implications of IPv6 on IPv4 Networks

What are the security issues around IPv6 support and IPv6 transition mechanisms on an IPv4-only network?  Could the unplanned and perhaps even unknown support of IPv6 by operating systems introduce ...

IPv6 Time Servers (NTP)

Setting the time on computers and other Internet-connected devices is critical.  As we move to IPv6, there needs to be access to Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers available over IPv6 ...

Organization Reports

On annual basis, we publish annual reports (an Action Plan and Impact Report), as well as financial reports, annual financial statements, and Form 990s.