NOAA IPv6 Implementation Plan Status Briefing

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NOAA IPv6 Implementation Plan Status Briefing

• John Unekis, Chief
• Enterprise Networking Services Division
• IT Operations Office
• 2/6/07

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Discussion Points

• Background
• Status of NOAA IPv6 Implementation Plan
• Implementation Elements
• Considerations
• Moving Forward

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Background

• OMB Memorandum 05-22
• Aug 2005. June 08 agencies transition to v6
• Compliance Backbone networks must be v6
  capable
• NOAA AOP Milestone
• Implementation plan was due end of Q4 06
• Committed to really finish it by end of Q2 07
  (10/06 NAC)
• Recent Events
• Transferred our /32 address block to DoC on
  conditions that
• A contiguous /35 block is reserved for NOAA
• NOAA will internally manage the address space at
  its discretion

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Status of NOAA IPv6 Implementation Plan

• NAC IPv6 subgroup established on April 6, 2006
• Initial Q4 milestone missed current Q2
  milestone at risk
• Document is approximately 5 complete
• Previously briefed _at_ 20 but scope now better
  understood
• Insufficient additional resources are being
  expended
• Project coordination via dotProject is
  unpopulated
• Increased focus is needed
• Suggest a Task Force posture bring team
  together!
• Revised plan completion target March 30, 2007
• Some GOOD news Revised OMB guidance is
  softening in face of realization of cost,
  difficulty.

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Implementation Elements

• Introduction
• Background, Objectives, Contributors
• Scope
• Criteria, Inventories, Standards and products
• Network Addressing
• Obtaining Address Space, Service Providers,
  Mobility Support, Routing, Configuration
  Management, Domain Name Services
• Information Security
• Firewalls, Intrusion Detection and Prevention,
  Network Management, Encryption, tunneling, and
  VPN
• Transition Mechanisms
• Requirements, Interoperability with IPv4,
  Dual-stacks, Tunneling protocols
• Testing
• Vendor support, Pilot projects, Other internal
  testing
• Training

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Considerations

• Scope with respect to the FY08 mandate
• Balance of capable and enabled
• Establish a NOAA presence on the IPv6 Internet
• Demonstrates good faith intent to use ARIN
  address block
• IPv6 services from NOAAnet carrier
• Will native service be available in a realistic
  timeframe?
• NWS/NOAAnet engineering has limited resources
• Security Implications
• NCIRT has limited time and resources
• How will IPv6 change our CA posture?

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Moving Forward

• Coordinate with DoC IPv6 project team
• Coordinate with NOAAnet project team
• NCIRT to specify core security infrastructure
• Survey available IPv6 transit services
• Estimate costs for June 08 compliance

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Questions?