IPv6

  • As the day draws nearer for the world to run out of the unique addresses that allow us to use the Internet, NIST has some help for managers on how to make the shift securely. We get details from NIST\'s Sheila Frankel.

    January 31, 2011
  • Federal News Radio has obtained exclusive details on the IT budget guidance OMB sent to agencies for the fiscal 2012 budget request. The administration is asking agencies to begin using monitoring their networks continuously by the end of next year. OMB also sets deadlines for cyberscope, IPv6 and funding of e-government projects.

    January 26, 2011
  • The current crop of Internet addresses could start to disappear this week if a regional Internet registry makes one more request for two blocks of addresses

    January 25, 2011
  • After meetings between agencies, the CIO Council\'s panel is concerned that even if agencies meet OMB\'s 2012 deadline to make the switch, their Internet service providers may not. The task force is hoping to meet with GSA and Networx vendors to make sure everyone is ready for IPv6.

    December 17, 2010
  • Time is running out for agencies to transition their IT systems to IP Version 6 or IPv6. The federal task force in charge of helping in the transition is focusing on a new question: Will…

    December 16, 2010
  • Agency CIOs are under pressure to move to the new network protocol over the next two years. Technology officials can look to the Defense Research and Engineering Network for some important lessons learned. DREN has successfully made the transition to IPv6.

    November 11, 2010
  • With new guidance from the Office of Management and Budget for federal computer networks regarding IPv6 compliance, what should federal chief information officers and network administrators be doing now to prepare their networks? Some advice from a network expert trying to help both industry and federal officials with the transition.

    October 11, 2010
  • Agencies must make their data networks compliant with the IPv6 protocol now. The government and private industry face a looming crisis as Internet addresses defined by an increasingly dated technical protocol run out, possibly as early as next year. Agencies must first upgrade external servers to run the new protocol.

    September 28, 2010
  • Qwest says \"By offering the next-generation security that is baked into dedicated IPv6 addressing, Qwest is doing its part to provide government and business customers with the most advanced Internet security that is available.\" More from CTO Pieter Poll.

    August 10, 2010
  • Experts wary about cybersecurity, Black market rising for IP addresses

    May 04, 2010
  • This week, host Tom Temin talks with Timothy Winters, Senior IP Manager at the IPv6 Interoperability Lab at the University of New Hampshire. Encore Presentation

    April 21, 2010
  • Tim Lemaster Director, Systems Engineering Juniper Networks September 1st, 2009

    September 01, 2009
  • A Virginia-based IT company has helped the Defense Information Systems Agency advance its goal for core network services. Command Information provided strategic planning and analysis for Ipv6 at DISA. Jeremy Duncan, Command Information’s Director of…

    February 25, 2009
  • What should you be doing in order to successfully migrate from IPv4 to IPv6? FederalNewsRadio gets the answers from IPv6 guru Pete Tseronis.

    November 14, 2008