Since today, Acteur Fête is available through IPv6. I take that as an opportunity to say that we all need to move our infrastructures to IPv6 as the shortage our IPv4 addresses has never been so close.

Moving a website to IPv6 is not complicated if you have a native IPv6 connectivity: just be sure that your web server supports that protocol (Apache HTTPD does since a long time) and create a new IPv6 record (AAAA) in your DNS for your domain name. If you do not have any IPv6 connectivity, then you can still use a tunnel broker, but unless it provides a very good connectivity, don’t use it. The reason is that IPv6 access must be provided with the same QoS that IPv6 is (otherwise IPv6 will need more and more time to be accepted), and most of the time using a tunnel broker makes your packets go on the other side of the planet before reaching your server.

When your connectivity is ok, you can apply to the IPv6 Forum’s IPv6 enabled program to get the IPv6 Enabled www logo (once your site went through the validation process. See for exemple the Acteur Fête logo at http://www.acteurfete.fr/ipv6). This is of course only an option, but it’s always good to show your prospects and customers that your infrastructure is up to date.

Note : Acteur Fête is a French company which operates its business in multiple countries. The website is a gateway between event professionals and their customers. Zaltana is responsible for the website development and hosting.