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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%" align="center"><b style><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">World IPv6 launch Breakfast organized
by the Internet Society Kenya Chapter</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b style><span style lang="EN-US">31<sup>st</sup> May 2012</span></b><b style><span style lang="EN-US"></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US">The Internet Society Kenya Chapter is organizing the
World IPv6 Launch breakfast at the I Hub on </span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US">June 6 2012</span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US"> from </span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US">8 am</span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US">. to </span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US">11 am</span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US">.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US">This is a global launch date for IPv6 supported by the
Internet Society, all the major technology players like Google, Microsoft, and
Cisco, as well as governments and companies like Face book, Yahoo, and many
more who are adding support for this new technology. Obviously this is
something that has been in the making for many years, and last year there was a
24 hour global IPv6 test flight with quite a number of top 1000 websites that
clearly showed that the switch will be perfectly safe. With IPv6 being
the 'new normal,' and now that IPv4 address supplies have run out globally,
there is real economic need.</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US">The specific requirements for participation in the
various categories of access networks, home routers, and websites are as
follows:</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US">For access networks a commitment to make IPv6 part of
their regular business is required. This means new subscribers get IPv6 on by
default from </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US">June
6th 2012</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US"> and no special user configuration required
to access the IPv6 Internet. To enable verification of progress towards this
goal, access networks are also required to be delivering 1% of visits to major
IPv6-enabled websites over IPv6 by 6th June. The level of IPv6 usage depends on
the IPv6 capabilities and configuration of home networks, so the enabled
customer base needed to be greater than 1% to reach this target. Measurements
are being made by the major website participants to verify meaningful
participation.</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US">The second category of participant is home router
vendors. Again the requirement is that IPv6 become part of regular business.
This means a majority of products shipping with IPv6 on by default, meaning no
user configuration is required to use IPv6. The </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US">University</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US"> of </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US">New Hampshire Interoperability Lab</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US"> (UNH-IOL) provides independent verification of IPv6 interoperability.</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US">Finally, websites wishing to participate are required
to permanently enable IPv6 access to their main website, meaning IPv6-enabled
users can now access their content over IPv6 without any additional
configuration.</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US">Registration will be required since there are limited
slots, to register kindly send an email to <a href="mailto:register@isoc.or">register@isoc.or</a>.ke
before </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US">Monday 4<sup>th</sup>
June 2012</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US">. For more details please visit <a href="http://www.worldipv6launch.org/form/">http://www.worldipv6launch.org/form/</a>, all inquiries to <a href="mailto:info@isoc.or.ke">info@isoc.or.ke</a>.</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US">Issued
by the Internet Society </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US">Kenya</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica" lang="EN-US"> Chapter</span></p>
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