[OpenAFS-devel] IPv6 Status

[Troy Benjegerdes]

If this is *not* a huge concern for the AFS community, then we might
as well all start working on AFS to Dropbop migration plans.

If someone is sitting on a pile of code, or even a contract to do 
some IPv6 work, it would be nice to make a public timeline of when
it will be available.

It's not going to help the community any if three different implementations
magically appear in December 2012 that haven't been tested outside of the
site that's been developing them.

If nothing else, can we at least get all the RPCs and APIs changes
defined and documented?

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 09:54:51AM -0500, chas williams - CONTRACTOR wrote:
> 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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> > > 
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Troy Benjegerdes                 'da hozer'                hozer@hozed.org  
7 elements Farm						TerraCarbo biofuels

If you're going through hell, keep going. ~ Winston Churchill

The challenge in changing the world is not in having great ideas, it's in
having stupid simple ideas, as those are the ones that cause change.