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Re: [sig-ipv6] Conclusion of KAME (fwd)
The pages referred with the following URLs describe comprehensive
story about the KAME project.
http://www.ipv6style.jp/en/special/kame/20051205/index.shtml
http://www.ipv6style.jp/en/special/kame/20051121/index.shtml
http://www.ipv6style.jp/en/special/kame/20051121_1/index.shtml
Just FYI.
--Kazu
From: Paul Wilson <pwilson@apnic.net>
Subject: [sig-ipv6] Conclusion of KAME (fwd)
> FYI
>
> Regards,
>
> Paul Wilson
> APNIC
>
>
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> Date: Tuesday, 8 November 2005 1:14 PM +0900
> From: "JINMEI Tatuya / 神明達哉+" <jinmei@isl.rdc.toshiba.co.jp>
> To: ipv6@ietf.org
> Subject: Conclusion of KAME
>
> Dear all,
>
> This is an important announcement from the KAME project. I'm JINMEI,
> Tatuya, sending this message on behalf of the project.
>
> It is our pleasure to announce that the KAME project has achieved its
> project mission, which was to establish the IPv6 platform technology
> and to deploy the IPv6 technology to the industry. We have
> observed that the missions of the KAME project, which were to provide
> an open reference implementation of the IPv6 protocol, have been achieved
> and so have decided that we can conclude the project. The KAME project will
> complete its work on the IPv6 reference implementation around the end
> of March 2006.
>
> We will conclude the project and then move on to other work in related
> areas through the following two activities.
>
> (1) Complete merging the KAME's IPv6 protocol stack into BSD operating
> systems source code suite, in order for the core IPv6 protocol
> stack to be maintained in each BSD community thereafter.
> (2) KAME members are going to focus on the next R&D items associated
> with IPv6 technology, while enhancing the collaboration and
> cooperation with the WIDE project members at large and some other
> related R&D organizations.
> The WIDE project, along with the members of the KAME project, has
> focused on some specific important areas including advanced core
> functions or applications associated with IPv6 technology. In
> other words, the WIDE project is going to reinforce the
> IPv6-related activities, rather than just to continue our effort
> on IPv6, according to the success and the conclusion of KAME
> project activity.
> (see also the official announcement from WIDE at
> http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20051107-KAME-e.html)
>
> The WIDE project established the KAME project in 1998. The primary
> mission and the goal was to develop and to deploy the reference code
> of IPv6/IPsec and other advanced protocols related with the IPv6
> system, in order to enable the deployment of the IPv6 technology.
>
> The majority of our implementation has been already merged into 4
> major BSD operating systems (BSDi/FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD) and we
> believe the implementation is now quite stable, and has been
> integrated into many commercial products. This means that KAME's
> major task, which is to provide a reference implementation both to
> academia and to industry, has been achieved.
>
> Through various discussions with IETF members and others, we have
> reached a conclusion that there are no major issues in the basic
> functionality of our IPv6 code base. In fact, the IETF is now
> discussing how to make the core protocols advance to the full
> standard. Also, we can observe many
> IPv6 products other than BSD systems, including various kinds of
> commercial products/services, in the commercial market.
>
> We have observed:
> 1. The KAME project has achieved its development and deployment
> goal associated with the IPv6 core protocol stack/functions
> 2. The IPv6 core protocol specifications have matured and are now
> stable.
> 3. Products and services using the IPv6 technology have been widely
> developed and deployed.
>
> Given the above observations, we have realized that we can (and
> should) conclude the KAME project activity, in order to let the
> industry realize that IPv6 is stable enough for commercial development
> and deployment.
>
> To conclude the KAME project, we will focus on integrating all
> remaining KAME functionality into the *BSD operating systems. We hope
> to complete this effort by the end of March 2006.
>
> Some advanced features currently developed and distributed by the KAME
> project are not ready to be merged into BSD systems yet. Those
> include SCTP/DCCP, Mobile IPv6, NEMO, and IKEv2. We do not plan to
> incorporate them by the end of March 2006. Instead, the research and
> development activities on these features will continue via other
> working groups in the WIDE project.
>
> The following is a summary of the related groups:
>
> - SCTP/DCCP
> WIDE SCTP WG (http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/sctp)
> - Mobile IPv6/NEMO
> WIDE Nautilus6 project (http://www.nautilus6.org/)
> - IKEv2
> WIDE ipsec WG (http://www.wide.ad.jp/project/wg/ipsec.html)
> - DHCPv6
> A new development activity is planned
> - pim6sd/pim6dd
> A new development activity is planned
>
> Other IPv6-related activates will also continue.
>
> - IPv6 code for Linux
> The USAGI project (http://www.linux-ipv6.org/)
> - IPv6 testing and evaluation
> The TAHI project (http://www.tahi.org/)
>
> Likewise, the mailing list "snap-users" will remain and the current
> core members of the KAME project will support questions/comments, if
> any, as much as possible.
>
> We hereby thank those who helped us. Without their help, our goal
> would have not been achieved. We believe the IPv6 will be deployed
> more universally in the near future.
>
> May IPv6 be with you...
> ---
> The KAME project (http://www.kame.net/)
> The WIDE project (http://www.wide.ad.jp/)
>
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