Removing IPv4 Infrastructure Addressing from Meta's Edge Network - Implementation and Challenges

Learn about Meta's initiative to remove IPv4 addressing from their Points of Presence (PoP) infrastructure in this 23-minute NANOG conference talk. Explore the implementation of RFC 5549/8950 and extended next-hop protocols to advertise IPv4 prefixes from servers to peers across Meta's global network of hundreds of PoPs. Gain insights into the technical challenges encountered with interoperability and vendor implementations during this large-scale networking transformation. Presented by Matt Kirkland from Meta Platforms, discover how one of the world's largest social media companies is evolving their edge network infrastructure to reduce reliance on IPv4 addressing while maintaining their extensive point-to-point infrastructure links running both IPv4 and IPv6.