[OpenAFS-devel] IPv6 Status

[chas williams - CONTRACTOR]

while possibly not a huge concern for the afs community, the US
government is requiring ipv6 capability on future and current services.

from http://www.cio.gov/documents/IPv6memofinal.pdf,

Upgrade public/external facing servers and services (e.g. web, email, DNS, ISP
services, etc) to operationally use native IPv6 by the end of FY 20121;

Upgrade internal client applications that communicate with public Internet
servers and supporting enterprise networks to operationally use native IPv6
by the end of FY 2014;

it is distressing to the admins to tell their managers "it can't be
done" for afs.

On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:35:24 +0000
Simon Wilkinson <simonxwilkinson@gmail.com> wrote:

> In previous emails to this list I've outlined the necessary changes to support IPv6. Unless someone is sitting on a cache of unreleased code, none of these have yet been implemented.
> 
> In addition, IPv6 will require new VL RPCs. OpenAFS has committed to using the afs3-stds process for this RPC set. So, consensus would have to be achieved on a draft documenting IPv6 capable RPCs before any code changes implementing them can be merged. To date, no draft exists.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Simon
> 
> On 25 Feb 2012, at 22:46, Troy Benjegerdes <hozer@hozed.org> wrote:
> 
> > Will there be anything for development use anytime soon? I am
> > in the position where I need to migrate my personal cell to a
> > new server, and I can either use IPv6, or set up an overly 
> > complicated private IPv4 network over VPN.
> > 
> > On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 11:25:22AM -0500, Jeffrey Altman wrote:
> >> On 12/13/2011 11:13 AM, omalleys@msu.edu wrote:
> >>> Our site is looking at adding ipv6 support (http://tech.msu.edu/ipv6/)
> >>> Is there a progress status or timeline for IPv6 support for OpenAFS?
> >>> 
> >>> thanks!
> >> 
> >> There will be nothing available for production use from OpenAFS.org
> >> before second half of 2012.
> >> 
> >> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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