Feds: IPv6 is a priority
For the last year, it’s been all quiet on the IPv6 front in the United States. But now the U.S. government is making noise about this next-generation Internet technology, as it forges ahead with plans to deploy secure, IPv6-enabled network services.
“We can’t keep operating in an IPv4 world when we’re talking about sensor networks, wireless communications and mobile networks,” Tseronis says. “We need more IP addresses – globally unique IP addresses — and that’s what IPv6 provides…We need a target network architecture that’s scalable, secure and stable.”
The road map says federal CIOs need to develop concrete plans to deploy IPv6 and that they will be required to provide quarterly progress reports that include IPv6 to OMB.
“For those who may think that IPv6 is on ice, it’s anything but,” Tseronis says. He adds that in order for an agency to receive a green light from OMB on its enterprise architecture, it will need a strategy for deploying secure IPv6-enabled network services followed by IPv6-enabled applications.
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