IPv6 is a new communications paradigm that requires a different approach.
It is also recommended that agencies look at IPv6 as a convergence technology as much as a networking technology.
In terms of infrastructure for IPv6, the deployment of IPv6-capable DNS (define) services is noted to be one of the first infrastructure components that should be undertaken as part of a deployment plan. “The technology challenge was not really as great as the planning,” Dale Geesey, one of the authors of the report, told internetnews.com.
Lou Ann Brossman, director of federal marketing for Juniper Networks said that there are no surprises in the report. “The value that it brings is that it was designed to serve as a guide for federal agencies transitioning to IPv6. It’s also valuable because it is based on global interviews, surveys and public presentations on the transition,” Brossman told internetnews.com.
Alex Lightman, chairman of the IPv6 Summit, told internetnews.com that among the items left undone is defining who will be in charge and who can devote undivided attention to the transition to IPv6.
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