Dec. 4, 2025
The newly published RFC 9898 is the discussion of today’s podcast. The IPv6 Buzz crew explore the complexities of neighbor discovery and review solutions for both operators and architects. They share how this RFC serves as a single, detailed resource to improve your understanding of neighbor discovery and to reduce the potential attack surface in your IPv6 networks. Neighbor Discovery is one of the more complex pieces of IPv6 and this document aims to provide clarity on nearly all aspects of how it works.
Nov. 20, 2025
What does it take for an entire country to adopt IPv6? Our guest today is Tenanoia (Noia) Simona , CEO of Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation , the country’s sole telecommunications provider. She’s here to walk us through the difficulties of connecting the many islands of Tuvalu and their journey to achieving one of the world’s highest IPv6 adoption rates. This was a fin one where we roamed around into undesea fiber, long haul, satellite, and peering.
Nov. 6, 2025
Today the IPv6 Buzz crew provides updates on the latest in IPv6 standards, RFCs, and best practices. They break down the recent discussions around RFC 6052, explore the options for RFC 8215, and share Nick’s spin on the now defunct testipv6.com site.
Oct. 23, 2025
RFC 9872 makes recommendations for NAT64 prefix discovery for hosts supporting v4-to-v6 translation. Co-host Nick Buralgio is a co-author of this RFC, so we’re taking the opportunity to talk about it in detail. We discuss the problems RFC 9872 is addressing and why a new RFC was needed for operational guidance, not necessarily defining a protocol or standard. We learn the effects of this RFC on previous RFCs, specifically 7050 and 8781 .
Oct. 13, 2025
Many resources exist in order to test and report on IPv6 availability. One such site - test-ipv6.com - has been a staple for nearly 15 years. This site has a robust mirror network and has been proudly advertising free since its inception. However, running such resources can be costly in both time and money. Recently, the author and maintainer of the site had announce its retirement. This sent some shockwaves through the IPv6 community that eventually culminated in a realization that we rely on something that isn’t necessarily funded or permanent.