IPAM

On January 1st this year, I had predicted 2011 as the "year of IPAM." Driving this prediction were the imminent exhaustion of IPv4 address space, which occurred at the IANA level in early February, 2011, as well as DNSSEC and internationalized domain names (IDNs). While I believe awareness and interest in IPv6 as vastly increased during 2011, I think we're only just beginning. Certainly more organizations are interested in IPv6 and many are actively assessing and planning for deployment, but this process will take another year or two before IPv6 really gains critical mass on the Internet. Then perhaps we'll see a tipping point of widescale IPv6 deployment. Interest in DNSSEC deployment continues to increase albeit slowly. Unfortunately, nothing short of another Kaminsky-style attack may trigger the DNSSEC deployment tipping point as organizations continue to evaluate and watch given the relative complexity of DNSSEC administration. Much of the trepidation around DN...

If you're in the New York area on December 13, I'll be speaking at Network World's Critical Path to IPv6 event at the Roosevelt Hotel. This free seminar will also feature Network World contributors, Jeff Doyle and Scott Hogg. This event promises to cover a number of IPv6 topics from a variety of perspectives though focusing primarily on preparation, getting started, addressing and implementation. I hope to see you there!