IPv6 Buzz 015: How ‘Happy Eyeballs’ Improves User Experience With v6

Today’s episode explores RFC 6555 a.k.a “Happy Eyeballs”, a modification of IPv6 protocol behavior that has driven significant overall IPv6 adoption.



Happy Eyeballs helps dual-stack clients select either the v6 or v4 address more quickly.



Happy Eyeballs aims to improve end user experience with client connections.



Our guest is Dan Wing. Dan is a security architect and a frequent IETF participant and contributor. He has co-authored many RFCs, including RFC 6555.



Discussion topics include:



* What does Happy Eyeballs do and why has it been so beneficial for IPv6 adoption?* How is Happy Eyeballs implemented at the OS level? How does it impact application performance?* The proposed elimination of separate DNS queries for IPv4 and IPv6 to improve overall Internet performance (and how such a change might impact IPv6 in particular)



Thanks for listening!



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Show Links:



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Happy Eyeballs Version 2: Better Connectivity Using Concurrency – IETF