IPv6 Operations (v6ops) ----------------------- Charter Last Modified: 2006-02-18 Current Status: Active Working Group Chair(s): Fred Baker Kurt Lindqvist Operations and Management Area Director(s): Dan Romascanu David Kessens Operations and Management Area Advisor: David Kessens Mailing Lists: General Discussion:v6ops@ops.ietf.org To Subscribe: majordomo@ops.ietf.org In Body: subscribe v6ops Archive: http://ops.ietf.org/lists/v6ops/ Description of Working Group: The global deployment of IPv6 is underway, creating an IPv4/IPv6 Internet consisting of IPv4-only, IPv6-only and IPv4/IPv6 networks and nodes. This deployment must be properly handled to avoid the division of the Internet into separate IPv4 and IPv6 networks while ensuring addressing and connectivity for all IPv4 and IPv6 nodes. The IPv6 Operations Working Group (v6ops) develops guidelines for the operation of a shared IPv4/IPv6 Internet and provides operational guidance on how to deploy IPv6 into existing IPv4-only networks, as well as into new network installations. The main focus of the v6ops WG is to look at the immediate deployment issues; more advanced stages of deployment and transition are a lower priority. The goals of the v6ops working group are: 1. Solicit input from network operators and users to identify operational issues with the IPv4/IPv6 Internet, and determine solutions or workarounds to those issues. These issues will be documented in Informational or BCP RFCs, or in Internet-Drafts. This work should primarily be conducted by those areas and WGs which are responsible and best fit to analyze these problems, but v6ops may also cooperate in focusing such work. 2. Publish Informational or BCP RFCs that identify potential security risks in the operation of shared IPv4/IPv6 networks, and document operational practices to eliminate or mitigate those risks. This work will be done in cooperation with the Security area and other relevant areas or working groups. 3. As a particular instance of (1) and (2), provide feedback to the IPv6 WG regarding portions of the IPv6 specifications that cause, or are likely to cause, operational or security concerns, and work with the IPv6 WG to resolve those concerns. This feedback will be published in Internet-Drafts or RFCs. 4. Publish Informational or BCP RFCs that identify and analyze solutions for deploying IPv6 within common network environments, such as ISP Networks, Enterprise Networks, Unmanaged Networks (Home/Small Office), and Cellular Networks. These documents should serve as useful guides to network operators and users on possible ways how to deploy IPv6 within their existing IPv4 networks, as well as in new network installations. These documents should not be normative guides for IPv6 deployment, and the primary intent is not capture the needs for new solutions, but rather describe which approaches work and which do not. IPv6 operational and deployment issues with specific protocols or technologies (such as Applications, Transport Protocols, Routing Protocols, DNS or Sub-IP Protocols) are the primary responsibility of the groups or areas responsible for those protocols or technologies. However, the v6ops WG may provide input to those areas/groups, as needed, and cooperate with those areas/groups in reviewing solutions to IPv6 operational and deployment problems. Future work items within this scope will be adopted by the WG only if there is a substantial expression of interest from the community and if the work clearly does not fit elsewhere in the IETF. There must be a continuous expression of interest for the WG to work on a particular work item. If there is no longer sufficient interest in the WG in a work item, the item may be removed from the list of WG items. Specifying any protocols or transition mechanisms is out of scope of the WG. Goals and Milestones: Done Publish Cellular Deployment Scenarios as a WG I-D Done Publish Unmanaged Network Deployment Scenarios as a WG I-D Done Publish Survey of IPv4 Addresses in IETF Standards as WG I-D Done Publish Cellular Deployment Solutions as a WG I-D Done Publish Unmanaged Network Deployment Solutions as a WG I-D Done Submit Cellular Deployment Scenarios to IESG for Info Done Submit Unmanaged Network Deployment Scenarios to IESG for Info Done Publish Enterprise Deployment Scenarios as a WG I-D Done Submit Survey of IPv4 Addresses in IETF Standards to IESG for Info Done Publish ISP Deployment & Solutions as a WG I-D Done Submit Cellular Deployment Solutions to IESG for Info Done Submit Transition Mechanisms to IESG for PS Done Submit IPv6 Neighbor Discovery On-Link Assumption to IESG for Info Done Submit Dual Stack IPv6 on by Default to IESG for Informational Done Submit Unmanaged Network Deployment Solutions to IESG for BCP Done Submit ISP Deployment Scenarios & Solutions to IESG for Info Done Submit Application Aspects of IPv6 Transition to IESG for Informational Done Submit 6to4 Security Analysis to IESG for Informational Done Submit Enterprise Deployment Scenarios to IESG for Info Done Submit Renumbering Procedures to IESG for Info Done Adopt IPv6 Network Architecture Protection as WG item Done Adopt document describing how to use IPsec with draft-ietf-v6ops-mech-v2 as WG item Done Adopt IPv6 Security Overview as WG item Apr 2005 Ensure draft-ietf-v6ops-v6onbydefault keeps going forward for RFC publication Apr 2005 Submit IPv6 deployment using VLANs to IESG for Info Apr 2005 Submit document describing issues with NAT-PT to IESG for Info May 2005 Submit document on IPsec w/ draft-ietf-v6ops-mech-v2 to IESG for Info Done Adopt IPv6 deployment using VLANs to IESG for Info Done Adopt ISP IPv6 Deployment Scenarios in Broadband Access Networks as WG item Jun 2005 Submit IPv6 Network Architecture Protection to IESG for Info Jun 2005 Submit Enterprise Deployment Analysis to IESG for Info Jul 2005 Submit IPv6 Security Overview to IESG for Info Jul 2005 Submit ISP IPv6 Deployment Scenarios in Broadband Access Networks to IESG for Info Internet-Drafts: Posted Revised I-D Title ------ ------- -------------------------------------------- Oct 2003 Jan 2006 IPv6 Neighbor Discovery On-Link Assumption Considered Harmful Sep 2004 Jun 2006 IPv6 Enterprise Network Analysis Feb 2005 Oct 2005 Reasons to Move NAT-PT to Experimental Feb 2005 Jun 2006 ISP IPv6 Deployment Scenarios in Broadband Access Networks Mar 2005 Jul 2006 IPv6 Network Architecture Protection May 2005 Mar 2006 IPv6 Transition/Co-existence Security Considerations Jul 2005 Mar 2006 Using IPsec to Secure IPv6-in-IPv4 Tunnels Apr 2006 Jul 2006 Recommendations for Filtering ICMPv6 Messages in Firewalls May 2006 May 2006 ISP IPv6 Deployment Scenarios in Wireless Broadband Access Networks Jun 2006 Jul 2006 IPv6 Unicast Address Assignment Considerations Jun 2006 Jun 2006 IPv6 Routing Policies Guidelines Jun 2006 Jun 2006 IPv6 Implications for Network Scanning Request For Comments: RFC Stat Published Title ------- -- ----------- ------------------------------------ RFC3574 I Aug 2003 Transition Scenarios for 3GPP Networks RFC3750 I Apr 2004 Unmanaged Networks IPv6 Transition Scenarios RFC3793 I Jun 2004 Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Sub-IP Area Standards RFC3789 I Jun 2004 Introduction to the Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Standards RFC3790 I Jun 2004 Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Internet Area Standards RFC3791 I Jun 2004 Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Routing Area Standards RFC3792 I Jun 2004 Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Security Area Standards RFC3794 I Jun 2004 Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Transport Area Standards RFC3795 I Jun 2004 Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Application Area Standards RFC3796 I Jun 2004 Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Operations & Management Area Standards RFC3904 I Sep 2004 Evaluation of Transition Mechanisms for Unmanaged Networks RFC3964 I Dec 2004 Security Considerations for 6to4 RFC4038 I Mar 2005 Application Aspects of IPv6 Transition RFC4029 I Mar 2005 Scenarios and Analysis for Introducing IPv6 into ISP Networks RFC4057 I Jun 2005 IPv6 Enterprise Network Scenarios RFC4192 I Sep 2005 Procedures for Renumbering an IPv6 Network without a Flag Day RFC4215 I Oct 2005 Analysis on IPv6 Transition in Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Networks RFC4213Standard Oct 2005 Basic Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers RFC4554 I Jun 2006 Use of VLANs for IPv4-IPv6 Coexistence in Enterprise Networks