Notional Security Architecture for the Department of Defense (DoD) Networks Transitioning to Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)

Author

Dunn, Jeffrey H. ; Martin, Cynthia E.

Author_Institution

RGII Inc., Annapolis, MD

fYear

2006

fDate

23-25 Oct. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

The United States (US) Department of Defense (DoD) has been tasked by the DoD chief information officer (DoD CIO) to transition its networks from Internet protocol (IP) version 4 (IPv4) to IP version 6 (IPv6) by fiscal year 2008 (FY08). This will be a daunting task and presents significant challenges to DoD network architects, engineers and operators. One of the most difficult challenges will be to ensure that sensitive DoD information is not compromised by the introduction of IPv6. Currently, DoD information assurance (IA) professionals are studying this problem and architecting solutions to mitigate these risks. In this paper, we present a notional security architecture for DoD networks transitioning to IPv6

Keywords

IP networks; military communication; military computing; risk analysis; telecommunication security; transport protocols; Department of Defense; DoD networks transition; IPV6; IPv4; Internet protocol version 6; United States; information assurance; security architecture; Access protocols; Computer architecture; Costs; Data security; Hardware; IP networks; Information security; Transport protocols; US Department of Defense; Virtual private networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2006. MILCOM 2006. IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0617-X

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0618-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2006.302147

Filename

4086792