Panel Discussion: Small Steps for USGv6 a giant leap for Internet-kind? with Dale Geesey at gogoNET LIVE! 3 IPv6 Conference

DISCOVER THE TRUE VALUE OF TECHNOLOGY

Federal IPv6
Transition and The
Department of
Dale Geesey
Veterans Affairs
Chief Operating Officer
Auspex Technologies, LLC GoGoNet Live 3
Phone: 703.319.1925
Fax: 866.873.1277
E-mail: dgeesey@auspextech.com November 13, 2012
Web: www.auspextech.com

OMB 2012 Milestone
• External Services:

– Public/external facing
servers and services
– e.g. web, email, DNS,
ISP services, etc.
– Operationally use
native IPv6
– End of FY 2012
(September 30, 2012)

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OMB 2014 Milestone
• Internal Services:

– Applications that
communicate with
public Internet servers
– Supporting enterprise
networks
– Operationally use
native IPv6
– End of FY 2014
(September 30 2014)

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World IPv6 Launch
• Participation
– Websites = 2,608

– Network Operators = 63
– Home Router Vendors = 4
– USG Sites = 20
• USG Domains using IPv6 = 130
– http://usgv6-deploymon.antd.nist.gov/cgi-
bin/generate-all.www
• Measurements
– ISOC:
http://www.worldipv6launch.org/measuremen
ts/
– Akamai: http://www.akamai.com/ipv6
– Google:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics/

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Major VA IPv6
Transition Drivers

OMB Veteran
Service
Directive Continuity

Cost
Control

Technology
Leadership

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Key Driver for VA –
IPv6 Only Veterans
WITHIN 18 MONTHS VA WILL NEED TO SERVE
IPV6 ONLY VETERANS

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VA Execution Timeline
Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec

‘11 ‘11 ‘12 ‘12 ‘13 ‘13 ‘14 ‘14 ‘15 ‘15
ISP Services
DNS/DNSSEC
2012
SMTP/Mail
Milestones

Web
OMB

WAN/Backbone
Sites/LANs
Data Centers
2014
Applications
End Devices
Milestone

Mission Devices
2015
VA

IPv4 Decommissioning

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VA 2015 Milestone

“By 2015, all computing,

application, and network
resources must turn off
IPv4 as a communication
mechanism in VA unless
there is a waiver from my
office or the
device/service runs in an
enclave.”
-VA CIO IPv6 Directive

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VA IPv6 Progress Measure –
2012 Milestone
VA HAS MET THE 2012 OMB IPV6 MILESTONE*

*FOR AGENCY OPERATED DOMAINS

2012 Progress Status
Gateways 100%

Web 99%

SMTP 99%

DNS 99%

DNSSEC 99%

0 100 200 300 400 500 600
DNSSEC DNS SMTP Web Gateways
Complete 523 523 520 507 4
In Progress 2 2 5 4 0

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Success Highlights
• Launched for world IPv6 day in 6/2011
www.va.gov

• Continuous IPv6 operation since

• Combined IPv6 DNS upgrade with DNSSEC effort
VA IPv6 DNS Services • Reduced effort and cost savings, launched services sooner

• 100% of VA operated services for 2012 support IPv6
2012 Progress • Implemented on VA systems: (ISP, DNS, Web, Email)

Interagency • Hosted bi-annual interagency conference
• Federal IPv6 outreach
Coordination
• Developed modified address justification for ARIN
ARIN /24 Allocation • Largest civilian agency IPv6 address block

• Assembled and lead integrated program team across VA
Cross Agency Support • Established since 2006

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Support
VA IPv6 Acquisition

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Other Significant IPv6
Activities in VA

IPv6 VPN Telework Implementation

IPv6 Cloud Pilots

VA IPv6 Profile Process

WAN IPv6 Implementation

VistA IPv6 Proof of Concept

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IPv6 Addressing
Experience
VA IPv6 Address Allocation
2600:8::/24

•Think in terms of IPv6 & stay standards based
Lessons •Business goals more important than how it was done
before
Learned •Insure broad participation, Consensus Rules!
•The plan will change

•Getting past IPv4 thinking
Issues •Getting equipment to think in IPv6, not just watch it
•ARIN process changes and bureaucracy
Encountered •Business processes inhibit growth and change
•Changing exiting vendors if required

Changes •We are now on version 4 of the plan
•Set up focused teams to address issues
Made •Minimum /48 major subnet

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Major Issues to Date

External Networx Carrier Services

Issues
IPv6 Spam Filtering

USGv6 Certified Products

Internal IPv4 Thinking
Issues Silo Mentality
Internal Organizational Processes
Ordering Enterprise Circuits as Dual-stack
Change Management and New Products

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Questions

Dale Geesey
Chief Operating Officer
Auspex Technologies, LLC
Phone: 703.319.1925
Fax: 866.873.1277

E-Mail: geesey@auspextech.com
Web: www.auspextech.com
(IPv6 Enabled)

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