The IPv6 Operations (v6ops) working group in the Operations and Management Area of the IETF has been rechartered. For additional information please contact the Area Directors or the WG Chairs. IPv6 Operations (v6ops) ------------------------------------------------ Current Status: Active WG Chairs: Lee Howard <lee@asgard.org> Fred Baker <fred.baker@cisco.com> Assigned Area Director: Joel Jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com> Mailing list Address: v6ops@ietf.org To Subscribe: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/v6ops Archive: https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/v6ops/ Charter: The global deployment of IPv6 is underway, creating an 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, ensuring addressing and connectivity for all IPv4 and IPv6 nodes. The IPv6 Operations Working Group (v6ops) develops guidelines for the operation of IPv6 networks, and provides operational guidance on how to deploy and operate IPv6 in new and existing networks. The main focus of the IPv6 Operations Working Group is to look at the deployment and operational issues in IPv6 networks. The goals of the v6ops working group are: 1. Solicit input from network operators and users to identify operational issues with the IPv6 Internet, and determine solutions or workarounds to those issues. 2. Solicit input from network operators and users to identify operational interaction issues with the IPv4 Internet, and determine solutions or workarounds to those issues. 3. Operational solutions for identified issues should be developed in v6ops and documented in informational or BCP drafts. These documents should document IPv6 operational experience, including interactions with IPv4, in dual stack networks, IPv6 networks with IPv4 delivered as an overlay or translation service, or IPv6-only networks. 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 Working Group 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 Working Group 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 Working Group to work on a particular work item. If there is no longer sufficient interest in the Working Group in a work item, the item may be removed from the list of Working Group items. Milestones: Sep 2015 - Describe a Translation solution for IPv6-only data centers Nov 2015 - Describe and recommend mitigations for energy consumption in Neighbor Discovery Nov 2015 - Describe routing choices and trade-offs for enterprise and service provider networks Nov 2015 - Update RFC 6145 Translation in view of operational experience Nov 2015 - Describe emerging IPv6 allocations to hosts Nov 2015 - File report on behavior of IPv6 traffic with Extension Headers
