The IPv6 Ready Logo Program

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The IPv6 Ready Logo Program Certification

• Carl Williams
• NAv6TF Steering Committee
• IPv6 Forum Fellow
• carlw_at_nav6tf.org

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The IPv6 Forum

• A world-wide consortium of leading
• Internet vendors, Research Education Networks
• A clear mission to promote IPv6 by
• Dramatically improving the market and user
  awareness of IPv6
• Creating a quality and secure Next Generation
  Internet and allowing world-wide equitable access
  to knowledge and technology
• Embracing a moral responsibility to the world.

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What is IPv6 Ready Logo Program

• Due to the large number of IPv6 implementations,
  it is important to provide the market a strong
  signal of proving the level of interoperability
  across various products
• To avoid confusion in the mind of customers, a
  globally unique logo program is defined.

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Benefits of IPv6 Logo Program

• The IPv6 logo will give confidence to users that
  IPv6 is currently operational.
• It will also be a clear indication that the
  technology will still be used in the future.
• To summarize, this logo program will contribute
  to the feeling that IPv6 is available and ready
  to be used.

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The IPv6 Logo Program

• Equipment that meets a certain set of
  requirements may qualify for an IPv6 Ready logo
  that is sponsored by the IPv6 Forum
• A formal application process is in place.
• The equipment vendor applies for a logo with
  their regional officer (which is NICI).

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The IPv6 Logo Programme consists in two phases

• Phase 1
• In a first stage, the Logo indicates that the
  product includes IPv6 mandatory core protocols
  and can interoperate with other IPv6
  implementations.
• Phase 2
• The "IPv6 ready" step implies a proper care,
  technical consensus and clear technical
  references. The IPv6 ready logo will indicate
  that a product has successfully satisfied strong
  requirements stated by the IPv6 Logo Committee
  (v6LC).To avoid confusion, the logo "IPv6 Ready"
  will be generic. The v6LC will define the test
  profiles with associated requirements for
  specific functionalities.
• Phase 3
• Same as Phase 2 with IPsec mandated.

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Structure of IPv6 Ready Logo Program Committee

• Board of IPv6 Forum
• Chairperson Latif Ladid
• Chief Technology Officer Jim Bound
• IPv6 Ready Logo Program
• Chairperson
• Hiroshi Esaki _at_ WIDE/IPv6-PC
• Technical Officers
• Cesar Viho _at_ IRISA
• Benjamin Schultz _at_ UNH-IOL
• Hiroshi Miyata _at_ TAHI

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IPv6 Ready partners/events

• UNH IOL
• TAHI Test Event
• ETSI IPv6 Plugtest
• IRISIA
• Connectathon

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The IPv6 Logo Program Phase I

• In the first stage, the Logo indicates that the
  product includes IPv6 mandatory core protocols
  and can interoperate with other IPv6 equipment
• Based on the TAHI test suite or participation
  in Moonv6 Phase I
• Light set of tests to ensure a device can pass
  an overview of tests

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The IPv6 Logo Program Phase II

• A Unified test suite for the IPv6 Base
• Specifications both UNH and TAHI are the primary
  authors of the first draft of this document.

TAHI
Unified Test Plan
UNH-IOL
TAHI
Phase I Test Content
Phase II Test Content
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The IPv6 Logo Program Phase II

• Phase II is working on a base specification test
  plan to include
• Technical consensus and clear technical
  references. The IPv6 ready logo will indicate
  that a product has successfully satisfied the
  strong detailed requirements stated by the IPv6
  Logo Committee.
• To avoid confusion, the logo "IPv6 Ready" will
  be generic. The IPv6 Logo Committee will define
  the test profiles with associated requirements
  for specific functionalities.

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Status Project Plan for Phase II

• The test plan went into public review April
  2004.
• Subsequently, the comments were mergved with the
  base document.
• Completed the objective to have a finalized IPv6
  Ready Phase II test plan completed in August 2004
  timeframe.

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Additional IPv6 Logo CommitteeProjects

• SNMP testing is being developed by the NICI labs
• TAHI is working with equipment vendors on IPSec
• TAHI is working on Mobile IPv6 Tests

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Products that can obtain the logo are the
following categories

• (1) Host(2) Router(3) Operating System (e.g.,
  Linux)(4) Protocol Stack(5) Special Devices
  (e.g., embedded system, special server,
  translator)

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Procedure to obtain the logo lthttp//www.ipv6rea
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• Vist the logo committee web site
  http//www.ipv6ready.org/(2) Click on "how to
  obtain a logo" to get detailed informations,
  Application Form and Style guide.(3) Fulfill the
  conformance and interoperability test
  requirements
• () The self-test requirements and
  interoperability event requirements are based
  essentially on the same testing criteria, this
  being the Logo committee's Phase 1 test
  specification.
• (4) Fill out Application Form, and send to the
  following email addess.ltv6-appli_at_ipv6ready.orggt

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Procedure to obtain the logo lthttp//www.ipv6rea
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• () Usually, the application form should include
  the actual test log. However, when essentially
  the same product has already obtained the logo,
  you need only refer to this product. Testing is
  unnecessary in this case. Or, you can refer to
  test events (e.g., those sponsored by UNH-IOL)
  only when the sponsor can proof/endorse the
  product's compliance with the Phase 1 logo
  requirements.
• (5) You will receive Application ID and be placed
  in the logo database.(6) When the analysis of
  your application is judged successful, you will
  get the Phase I IPv6 Ready Logo and associated
  Logo ID.

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Products that can get a logo

• We can approve the use of the Logo on the
  following products.
• (1) Software/Hardware Version Up
• (2) Product series
• (3) Products with different names
• (4) OEM products
• (5) On the shelf product

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• Your product must pass the "all (100)" of test
  items!!

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Contact _at_ ipv6ready

• Contact Points
• For questions please send mail to
  ipv6ready-info_at_ipv6ready.org

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• The Application of the IPv6 Ready Logo Test Plan

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Generic ApplicationFundamentals

• The work begins with a single standard or a set
  of standards (IPv6 RFCs, such as 2460, 2461,
  2462, 2463).
• Collaborate with industry to write a basic set
  of conformance tests and interoperability
  scenarios. In the case of IPv6 this started in
  1995.
• The focus at that time was the ND interaction
  between hosts and routers.

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Take Theory to Reality

• Take Theory to Reality Acquire a set of products
  that implement the standard or set of standards
• Connect them in interoperability scenarios,
  ensure that the behavior is consistent with the
  standard and the theoretical expectations
  documented in the draft test plans
• Update draft test plans with new observations

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Establish Test Center

• Acquire test equipment and build software or
  hardware test tools
• Implement conformance test plans and test
  against real products
• Continuously update theoretical test documents
  and update test implementations
• This is resource intensive, but results in the
  best test scenarios

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Summary

• Addressing the interoperability problem requires
• A good standard
• Detailed test documents for technically focused
  testing
• An interoperability reference center and
  interoperability test procedures
• A meaningful interoperability metric

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Special Thanks

• Jim Bound
• Benjamin Schultz

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Resource Requirements

• To implement this in your lab, you will need
• The appropriate standards
• Clear test documentation
• Engineers that collaborate with industry
• Real implementations
• Test tools