AussieHQ IPv6 Update #2
10/04/2009 11:19
It has now been more than 6 months since my last IPv6 update, so I thought I would post another.
The status of our services are below:
Additional IPv6 peering activated in late December 2008.
We’re also in the process of adding a second IPv6 transit provider, which means that our IPv6 connectivity is fully redundant. We estimate that this process will be complete by the end of April 2009.
The three authoritative nameservers for dedicated hosting will have AAAA glue records created by the end of April 2009.
The two nameservers for Jumba shared hosting will have AAAA glue records created by the end of April 2009.
These resolvers exist in an anycast configuration in both Canberra and Sydney allowing for a theoretical 100% uptime.
These resolvers are:
We use two primary control panels (Plesk and cPanel):
Parallels originally had IPv6 support listed in their roadmap for Plesk 9. Plesk 9 has been released since the last update but unfortunately does not include IPv6 support. Despite this, daemon software is being updated to include IPv6 support so I don’t think this is too far away.
cPanel does not support IPv6 at all.
Our NTP server is IPv6 enabled.
All mirrors are IPv6 enabled.
The status of our services are below:
Core Network
Completely IPv6 enabled since February 2008.Additional IPv6 peering activated in late December 2008.
We’re also in the process of adding a second IPv6 transit provider, which means that our IPv6 connectivity is fully redundant. We estimate that this process will be complete by the end of April 2009.
AussieHQ and Jumba web sites
IPv6 enabled since March 2008.Authoritative DNS Servers
All 3 authoritative nameservers for AussieHQ shared hosting have had AAAA glue records since August 2008.The three authoritative nameservers for dedicated hosting will have AAAA glue records created by the end of April 2009.
The two nameservers for Jumba shared hosting will have AAAA glue records created by the end of April 2009.
DNS Resolvers
IPv6 resolvers were deployed in March 2009 to give IPv6 customers on our network the ability to resolve hosts without necessarily requiring IPv4 connectivity.These resolvers exist in an anycast configuration in both Canberra and Sydney allowing for a theoretical 100% uptime.
These resolvers are:
- resolv1.as24557.net.au / 2405:5000:ff:1::1
- resolv2.as24557.net.au / 2405:5000:ff:2::1
Jumba VPS
All Jumba virtual private servers include IPv6 connectivity by defaultDedicated Servers
IPv6 connectivity available on request.Shared Hosting
Because we use proprietary control panels for the bulk of our shared hosting, we require vendor support before we can deploy IPv6 support for shared hosting.We use two primary control panels (Plesk and cPanel):
Parallels originally had IPv6 support listed in their roadmap for Plesk 9. Plesk 9 has been released since the last update but unfortunately does not include IPv6 support. Despite this, daemon software is being updated to include IPv6 support so I don’t think this is too far away.
cPanel does not support IPv6 at all.
Other Services
AussieHQ and Jumba forums are IPv6 enabled.Our NTP server is IPv6 enabled.
All mirrors are IPv6 enabled.
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