{"id":4555,"date":"2012-06-28T10:39:47","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T17:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.infoblox.com\/?p=4555"},"modified":"2020-05-06T10:31:42","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T17:31:42","slug":"world-ipv6-launch-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/ipv6-coe\/world-ipv6-launch-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"World IPv6 Launch Traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So just how much IPv6 traffic did World IPv6 Launch generate? It was evident in the run up to the June 6th deadline that IPv6 traffic levels were gradually increasing. Not surprising perhaps given that the event was most significantly a deadline to get webpages permanently online via IPv6 and that many organizations were accomplishing that goal early.<\/p>\n<p>Network monitoring and security vendor Arbor Networks offers some visibility into the &#8220;Internet core&#8221; as it were, and, as they did with World IPv6 Day, issued\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ddos.arbornetworks.com\/2012\/06\/ipv6-launch-day-a-longer-view\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a>\u00a0on overall IPv6 traffic levels.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4556\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.infoblox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/world_ipv6_launch_stats.jpeg\" alt=\"World IPv6 Launch Stats\" width=\"967\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/world_ipv6_launch_stats.jpeg 967w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/world_ipv6_launch_stats-300x195.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/world_ipv6_launch_stats-768x499.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The report reveals that as a percentage of overall Internet traffic, IPv6 increased from 0.06% to around 0.15%! 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Is it safe to argue that when network and system admins are confident enough to put any manifestation of the email infrastructure at the mercy of a new address protocol that a sea change is occuring?<\/p>\n<p>Of course, as we&#8217;ve emphasized here at the Infoblox IPv6 CoE, even if you missed the June 6th deadline, it&#8217;s not too late to &#8220;join the party!&#8221; Be sure to check out our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/en\/resources\/multimedia\/webinars\/infoblox-live.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">live presentation<\/a>\u00a0where we amaze, entertain, and enlighten you on how to get your content online via IPv6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So just how much IPv6 traffic did World IPv6 Launch generate? It was evident in the run up to the June 6th deadline that IPv6 traffic levels were gradually increasing. 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