[LACNIC/Politicas] Next-generation IPv6 Address Added to the Internet's Root DNS Zone

[Erick Iriarte Ahon]

http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-20jul04.htm

Next-generation IPv6 Address Added to the Internet's Root DNS Zone

20 July 2004

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (20 July 2004) – ICANN announced today that for the 
first time, an IPv6 nameserver address has been added to the Internet's 
root DNS zone. This next generation version of the Internet Protocol 
provides trillions more addresses than the IPv4 system that is in use by 
most networks today.

By taking this significant step forward in the transition to IPv6, ICANN is 
supporting the innovations through which the Internet evolves to meet the 
growing needs of a global economy.

On 20 July 2004 at 18:33 UTC the IPv6 AAAA records for the Japan (.jp) and 
Korea (.kr) country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) nameservers became 
visible in the root zone file with serial number 2004072000. It is expected 
that the IPv6 records for France (.fr) will be added shortly. Other 
requests are pending and will be added in accordance with documented 
procedure, which was developed through ICANN's unique multi-stakeholder 
consensus-based approach. 
<http://www.iana.org/procedures/delegation-data.html>.

Recognizing the importance of IPv6 to the Internet community, ICANN has 
coordinated with its Root Server System Advisory Committee, Top Level 
Domain managers, Security and Stability Advisory Committee, and other 
interested parties in careful analysis of this issue. After a period of 
thorough examination, the decision was made to move forward with deployment 
of the IPv6 address records in the manner prescribed by the community.

ICANN is the global public-benefit non-profit organisation responsible for 
coordinating the Internet's naming and numbering systems. For more 
information please visit: <www.icann.org>.