Hurricane Electric

Global telecommunications provider headquartered in California, United States

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Peering policyOpen Websitewww.he.net

Hurricane Electric is a global Internet service provider offering Internet transit, tools, and network applications,[1] as well as data center colocation and hosting services at two locations in Fremont, California,[2] where the company is based.

As of May 2023,[update] according to its own data, Hurricane Electric is the largest global IP network as measured by network adjacencies in both IPv4 and IPv6.[3] It is also the second-largest global IPv6 network as measured by IPv6 prefixes announced, and the fifth-largest global IP network as measured by IPv4 prefixes announced, according to its own data.[4]

IPv6

Hurricane Electric operates the largest Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) and Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) transit networks globally, as measured by the count of peering interconnections to other networks.[5] The majority of these adjacencies are native IPv6 BGP sessions.

Hurricane Electric offers an IPv6 tunnel broker service,[6] providing free connectivity to the IPv6 Internet via 6in4 IPv6 transition mechanisms. The company provides an online IPv6 certification program to further education and compliance in IPv6 technology.[7][8] As of September 20, 2023,[update] the company reports 61,367 provisioned tunnels spanning 179 countries[9] via the IPv6 tunnel broker. 20,850 individuals in 166 countries have reached the highest level of the IPv6 certification.[10]

Peering

Within its global network, Hurricane Electric is connected to more than 310 major exchange points[11][12] and exchanges IP traffic directly with more than 10,775 different networks.[13] Hurricane Electric currently has 30+ Terabits per second active public peering capacity and 200+ Terabits per second active private peering capacity.[14][15]

The European Internet Exchange Association (Euro-IX) ranks Hurricane Electric first in the world for the number of connections to Internet exchange points, with presence at more than 160 of Euro-IX member IXPs.[16][17]

Cogent dispute

There is a long-running dispute between the provider Cogent Communications and Hurricane Electric. Cogent has been refusing to peer settlement-free with Hurricane Electric since 2009.[18][19]

References

  1. ^ Cherry, Steven (January 27, 2011). "IPv6 is Coming--Just in Time". IEEE Spectrum.
  2. ^ "About Hurricane Electric Internet Services". he.net. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  3. ^ "BGP Peer Report – bgp.he.net". bgp.he.net. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  4. ^ "BGP Peer Report – bgp.he.net". bgp.he.net. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  5. ^ Geoff Huston. "AS's ordered by AS Adjacency".
  6. ^ Henderson, Nicole (June 6, 2011). "Hurricane Electric Launches Premium IPv6 Tunnel Broker Service". Web Host Industry Review.
  7. ^ Deploy360 Programme. "Training: Hurricane Electric Free IPv6 Certification". Internet Society (ISOC). Archived from the original on July 3, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2012. Hurricane Electric offers a series of free IPv6 "certification exams" aimed at helping you demonstrate your familiarity with IPv6 concepts and your ability to correctly configure IPv6 systems. Registration is free.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Salmela, Jacob (November 3, 2013). "Earning the IPv6 Certification from Hurricane Electric on Mac OS X". JacobSalmela.com. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  9. ^ "Tunnels By Country". Hurricane Electric. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  10. ^ "IPv6 Sages by Region". Hurricane Electric. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  11. ^ "Hurricane Electric Exchange Point Information". HE.net.
  12. ^ "Internet Exchange Report - Exchange Participants (BGP Toolkit)". BGP.HE.net.
  13. ^ "AS6939 Hurricane Electric, Inc. (BGP Toolkit)". BGP.HE.net.
  14. ^ "Hurricane Electric Peering Information Page". HE.net.
  15. ^ "Hurricane Electric IP Transit Backbone Information Page". HE.net.
  16. ^ "Hurricane Electric". Euro-IX.net IXPDB.
  17. ^ "IXPDB ASNs sorted by number of IXP connections". Euro-IX.net IXPDB.
  18. ^ "Another problem with IPv6: It's sparked a punch-up between top networks". The Register.
  19. ^ "IPv6 internet broken, cogent/telia/hurricane not peering". NANOG mailing list. October 12, 2009.

External links

  • Hurricane Electric IPv6 tunnel broker service