From National Institute of Standards and Technology | Aug 5, 2009
This document recommends a technology acquisition profile for common IPv6 devices to
be procured and deployed in operational USG IT systems.
This standards profile is meant to: (a) define a simple taxonomy of common network
devices; (b) define their minimal mandatory IPv6 capabilities and identify significant
configuration options so as to assist agencies in the development of more specific
acquisition and deployment plans; and, (c) provide the basis to further define the
technical meaning of specific USG policies. The scope of the device taxonomy and the
selection of mandatory capabilities and identified options are purposefully
conservative in some ways; defining systems and capabilities that are thought to be of
common utility to the USG as a whole. In other ways, this profile "raises the bar" for
some areas of IPv6 technology that are thought vital to protect the current and future
security of Federal IT systems and to protect the economic investment of early
adopters.
This document is a second draft of the profile, which is now in the public review
stage of the NIST
process.
The attached Zip file includes:
- Intro Page.doc
- Cover Sheet and Terms.pdf
- A Profile for IPv6 in the U.S. Government.pdf
