ARIN CEO John Curran talks to the WHIR
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Internet resource distributer the American Registry for Internet Numbers (www.arin.net) revealed on Monday its findings from the recent National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov) IPv6 workshop for industry and government.
Held on September 28, 2010 in Washington, DC the workshop began with an industry panel discussion moderated by chief technology officer for the United States Aneesh Chopra.
Chopra suggested the creation of templates and a transparency dashboard by industry experts to ease the transition to IPv6 for businesses.
The first template is designed for enterprise board members to evaluate adoption risks and constant updates of IPv6 adoption within their organizations. Another template for engineers would include questions for vendors and outline training activities.
A transparency dashboard would allow both domestic and international enterprises and governments to monitor the United States’ progression towards IPv6.
ARIN’s president and chief executive officer John Curran and other experts weighed in on the urgent deployment of IPv6. The experts said IPv6 is the only direction for Internet growth, and is crucial for all future efforts around cloud computing, smart grid, mobility and the “Internet of things.”
“The good news is this part of the ecosystem is up and running. We have the protocol people need. We have the administrative infrastructure to issue IPv6 addresses,” said Curran. “I’ve been informing Internet backbone companies, content providers, enterprises, and governments that we’re going to be running out of IPv4 addresses for 15 years. It’s now taking those plans and realizing them promptly over the next 18 months that will be essential for success.”
To help start IPv6 deployment ARIN outlined some initial steps for businesses to take, including sending IT staff to IPv6 training seminars, talking to ISPs about getting IPv6 service, replacing outdated equipment and encouraging hardware and application vendors to support IPv6.
After the industry panel, chief information officer for the United States Vivek Kundra led a government panel discussing the US government’s approach to IPv6 deployment. He offered several steps for government agencies to take.
Kundra encouraged the upgrade of public and external facing servers and internal client applications that communicate with public Internet servers and enterprise networks to use native IPv6 by fiscal year 2012.
He suggests the designation of an IPv6 transition manager by the end of October 2010 to take responsibility for IPv6 transition and act as a liaison with the federal efforts.
His final suggestion was that agencies ensure networked IT compliance with FAR requirements for the use of USGv6 Profile and Test Program.
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