FAQ - .my DOMAIN REGISTRY's IPv6 Website

myDNSIPv6 Objective

List of myDNSIPv6 Testbed Participants

Dig Facility

myDNSIPv6 Architecture

Survey Result

APTLD Meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka

27-Jun-10 to 28-Jun-10

.my Domain Registry passes the Phase-1 Compliance Audit - Certificate Presentation Ceremony

08-May-10 to 09-May-10

.myTraining 2009 - Revelation and Adoption of DNS Technologies

16-Nov-09 to 19-Nov-09

IPv6 and DNSSEC Awareness Training Road Show - Johor

15-Jul-09

IPv6 and DNSSEC Awareness Training Road Show - Terengganu

12-Jul-09

About IPv6

Q: What is IPv6?
A: IPv6 is the new version of the Internet address protocol that has been developed to supplement (and eventually replace) IPv4, the version that underpins the Internet today.
Q: Why is there a need for IPv6?
A: IPv4 has only about 4,300,000,000 address space. This amount (which is smaller than the population of the world) is not sufficient to cater for the growing number of global users, and applications, getting online.
Q: When will the IPv4 address be sold out?
A: Experts estimate it will run out in the year 2010.
Q: What are the major advantages of IPv6?
A:
- Scalability: IPv6 has 128 bits addresses versus 32 bits IPv4 addresses. So the number of available IP addresses multiplies by 7.9 * 10²⁸. IPv6 offers a 2¹²⁸ space (340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456). To understand what this cipher implies, we only have to calculate how many IP addresses we could get by each square meter of the land surface: 665,570,793,348,866,943,898,599.
- Security: IPv6 includes security in its specifications like information encryption and the authentication of the source of this information.
- Real time applications: To provide real time traffic better support (i.e. videoconference), IPv6 includes flows labeled in its specifications. By means of this mechanism, routers can recognize the end-to-end flow to which transmitted packets belong to.
- Plug and Play: IPv6 includes, in its standard, the "plug and play" mechanism, to facilitate to users the connection of their equipments to the network. The configuration is automatically made.
- More clear and optimized specifications: IPv6 will follow IPv4 good practices and removes not used or obsolete IPv4 characteristics, getting an optimization of Internet protocol. The idea is getting good things and removing bad ones of present protocol.
- Addressing and routing: IPv6 improves the addressing and routing hierarchy.
- Extensibility: IPv6 has been designed to be extensible and offers optimized support for new options and extensions.
Q: Has IPv6 been added to the root servers yet?
A: On 4 February 2008, ICANN announced that it had added IPv6 to six of the 13 root servers, namely A, F, H, J, K, and M, thus allowing for a fuller IPv6 usage of the Domain Name System (DNS).
Q: I run IT services. What should I be doing now to get ready?

A: Plan for IPv6 as you would for any major service upgrade.

Do an audit of your current IPv6 capabilities and readiness. Assess the level of IPv6 technical knowledge within your staff and make plans for staff development and training that will support IPv6 implementation.

Think about which of your services will lose business if they are only accessible to IPv4-users and make them a priority for IPv6 capability. For example, you may plan to implement an IPv6-enabled front-end Web server immediately, before converting your internal network.

Remove obstacles to enabling IPv6 including identifying any legacy systems that cannot be upgraded, and choose a solution for them (most likely, the solution will be an application level proxy that can support both IPv4 and IPv6 for the remaining lifetime of that system). Plan upgrades and purchases so that you don't find yourself needing to deploy and enable IPv6 but discover at a late stage that you are not ready because a key system dependency is not IPv6 capable.

Contact your vendors to find out about IPv6 support in their current products and future releases and ask your ISP about their plans to support IPv6.

Registering/Modifying Domain Name with IPv6 enabled Address

Q: Is it compulsory to have IPv6 for my domain name server when I register a domain name with .my DOMAIN REGISTRY?
A: No but it's advisable to plan ahead. If you do have an IPv6 network with an IPv6 address for your domain name server, you can register this with .my DOMAIN REGISTRY so that you can start communicating using IPv6
Q: I am a current owner of a .my domain name and I want to add the IPv6 address for my domain name servers. How may I do it?
A: You may use the same process as how you would modify your current domain name server information. You may refer to our user manual regarding Name Server Modification with IPv6.
Q: I have added the IPv6 address for my domain name server. However, due to my own reasons, I no longer wish to use the IPv6 address. Can I remove the address and are there any implications?
A: Since the IPv6 address is not compulsory, you can remove the address anytime. The domain name server will then use the identified IPv4 address. Only IPv4 traffic will be used instead.
Q: I am a .my domain owner but do not have an IPv6 address for my domain name server. Would my domain name be affected by this new feature?
A: No, the domain name server will continue to use the IPv4 address provided and there will be no interruption to the service.

Fees and Payment

Q: Is there any additional charge if I want to register my domain name server IPv6 address?
A: No additional charges at all. This is a value added feature for our service.

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