[Federal Register: July 15, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 135)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology, National
Telecommunications and Information Administration
IPv6 Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, National
Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce
ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and
the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA),
U.S. Department of Commerce, will host a half-day public meeting on
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), entitled ``IPv6 Public Meeting.''
The meeting will provide an opportunity for interested parties to
discuss IPv6 deployment issues, including the appropriate government
role, if any, in IPv6 deployment.
DATES: The IPv6 Public Meeting will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
on Wednesday, July 28, 2004.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room 4830, Washington, D.C.
(Entrance to the Department of Commerce is on 14th Street between
Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues, N.W.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alfred Lee, Office of Policy Analysis
and Development, NTIA, at (202) 482-1880, or via electronic mail:
alee@ntia.doc.gov. Please direct media inquiries to the Office of
Public Affairs, NTIA, at (202) 482-7002.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Internet Protocol (IP) is a technical
standard that enables computers and other devices to communicate with
each other over networks, many of which interconnect to form the
Internet. By providing a common format for the transmission of
information across the Internet, IP facilitates communication among a
variety of disparate networks and devices. This ability to communicate
with a single, widely accepted format has been a key to the rapid
growth and success of the Internet.
The current generation of IP, version 4 (IPv4), has been in use for
more than twenty years, and has supported the Internet's phenomenal
growth over the last decade. A variety of stakeholders, through the
guiding efforts of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), have
developed a new version of IP, known as IPv6. IPv6 has several
advantages over IPv4, including the availability of many more Internet
addresses and additional user features and applications. IPv6 has also
been designed to provide other features and capabilities, such as
improved support for hierarchical addressing, a simplified header
format, improved support for options and extensions, additional auto-
configuration and reconfiguration features, and native security
features.
In light of the potential benefits of IPv6, especially the security
implications, the President's National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace
directed the Secretary of Commerce to: ``[F]orm a task force to examine
the issues related to IPv6, including the appropriate role of
government, international interoperability, security in transition, and
costs and benefits. The task force will solicit input from potentially
impacted industry segments.''\1\
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\1\ The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, A/R 2-3, at 30
(Feb. 2003), http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/cyberspace_strategy.pdf
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In response, the Department of Commerce formed a task force to
study IPv6 and to prepare a report of its findings and recommendations.
The IPv6 Task Force is co-chaired by the Administrator of NTIA and the
Acting Director of NIST and consists of staff from these two agencies.
The IPv6 Task Force is in the process of compiling information from
a variety of sources, including a request for comments issued in
January of this year and survey research.\2\ This public meeting is an
important part of that process. The public meeting will have two
panels. The first panel will address the costs and benefits of IPv6,
security in transition, interoperability and other deployment issues.
The second panel will address the appropriate role of government, if
any, in deploying IPv6. Panelists will include scientists, technical
experts, policy analysts, business leaders, and government officials.
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\2\ See NIST, NTIA, Request for Comments on Deployment of
Internet Protocol, Version 6, 69 Fed. Reg. 2890 (2004). Comments
received in response are available on NTIA's web site at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/ntiageneral/ipv6/commentsindex.html
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NTIA will post an IPv6 Task Force discussion draft entitled,
``Technical and Economic Assessment of Internet Protocol Version 6
(IPv6),'' on NTIA's Web site at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/ntiageneral/ipv6/index.html
prior to the IPv6 Public Meeting to
facilitate discussion of IPv6 issues by interested parties. To obtain a
printed copy of the discussion draft (1) write to NTIA, Room 4725, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC
20230; (2) send an email to alee@ntia.doc.gov; (3) telephone (202) 482-
1880; or (4) fax a request to (202) 482-6173.
Public Participation
The public meeting will be open to the public and press on a first-
come, first-served basis. Space is limited. Due to security
requirements and to facilitate entry to the Department of Commerce
building, attendees must present photo identification and/or a U.S.
Government building pass, if applicable, and should arrive at least
one-half hour ahead of the panel sessions. The public meeting is
physically accessible to people with disabilities. Any member of the
public wishing to attend and requiring special services, such as sign
language interpretation or other ancillary aids, should contact Alfred
Lee at (202) 482-1880 or alee@ntia.doc.gov at least three (3) days
prior to the meeting.
Dated: July 9, 2004.
Milton Brown
Acting Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications and Information
Administration.
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