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Resource Library

Everyone should have access to an open and trusted Internet.
Read our reports, papers, and other documents for insight and vision on how we can get there.

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Action Plan 2025

Our 2025 Action Plan outlines our priorities in 2025, the first year of our 2030 Strategy.

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2023 Year in Review

The Year in Review shows the steps we took in 2023 to ensure the Internet is for everyone. Learn about the positive difference we made for the Internet.

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Internet Impact Briefs

Shorter reports that analyze how different policies or new technologies may affect what the Internet needs to exist and thrive.

Glossary of Internet Terms

Understand key terms and become fluent in the language of the Internet with our new and improved glossary. 

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Policy Briefs

Our perspective on critical Internet issues, including community networks, encryption, open Internet standards, Internet Exchange Points, and more.

State of IPv6 Deployment 2018

IPv6 deployment continues to increase around the world. In the six years since World IPv6 Launch[*] levels of IPv6 deployment in networks and service providers all over the globe have ...

State of IPv6 Deployment 2017

IPv6 deployment is increasing around the world, with over 9 million domain names and 23% of all networks advertising IPv6 connectivity ...

Policy Brief: Adoption of IPv6

The IPv6 protocol standard is critical for supporting the Internet’s continued development. Network operators, content providers, software and hardware developers, and enterprises, among others, need to implement IPv6 in order ...

IPV6 Matrix

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Case Study: T-Mobile US Goes IPv6-only Using 464XLAT

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T-Mobile in the United States was running out of IPv4 addresses and needed an IPv6 transition strategy. Their solution was 464XLAT and IPv6-only.

464XLAT is an IPv6 ...

A Fine Balance: Internet number resource distribution and de-centralisation

Internet number resources (IP addresses and AS numbers) are distributed to resource users through processes that have evolved over time. Although initially centralised, the processes of policy formation and resource ...

Archives

IPv6 Security for IPv4 Engineers

This document provides an overview of IPv6 security that is specifically aimed at IPv4 engineers and operators. Rather than describing IPv6 in an isolated manner, it aims to re-use as ...

IPv6 Security Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

The Internet Society recognises that global deployment of the IPv6 protocol is paramount to accommodate the present and future growth of the Internet. Given the scale at which IPv6 must ...

State of IPv6 Deployment 2018

IPv6 deployment continues to increase around the world. In the six years since World IPv6 Launch[*] levels of IPv6 deployment in networks and service providers all over the globe have ...

State of IPv6 Deployment 2017

IPv6 deployment is increasing around the world, with over 9 million domain names and 23% of all networks advertising IPv6 connectivity ...

Policy Brief: Adoption of IPv6

The IPv6 protocol standard is critical for supporting the Internet’s continued development. Network operators, content providers, software and hardware developers, and enterprises, among others, need to implement IPv6 in order ...

A Short Guide to IP Addressing

A short guide to IP addressing ...

IPV6 Matrix

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IPv6 For Network Operators Book (ISOC Argentina Chapter)

IPv6 for network operatorsThe ISOC Argentina Chapter recently published a new book in Spanish focused on IPv6 for network operators. You can download the book for free in PDF form here: IPv6 para ...

Video: IPv6 and Embedded Systems

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Courseware: IPv6 in Networking Essentials

We need to write something up about this: -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Olivier Bonaventure Sent: 14 November 2013 10:01 To: [email protected] Cc: Florentin Rochet; David Lebrun; ...

IPv6 Fact Sheet

The Internet operates by moving data between networks. To communicate, each device connected to the Internet must be identified by an Internet Protocol (IP) address. We’ve been using IP ...

Privacy Extensions for IPv6 SLAAC

IPv6 BadgeWhereas IPv4 had two basic methods for obtaining an IP address, IPv6 has three. Static configuration is basically the same in both protocols, although less relevant for IPv6 given the ...

Annual Reports and Financials

On annual basis, we publish annual reports (an Action Plan and Impact Report), as well as financial reports, annual financial statements, and Form 990s.

See the Reports