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ITL Bulletin

Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6): NIST Guidelines Help Organizations Manage the Secure Deployment of the New Network Protocol

Date Published: January 2011

Author(s)

Shirley Radack (NIST)

Abstract

Keywords

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS); Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA); information security; information systems security; Internet; Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF); Internet Protocol (IP); IP headers; IPv4; IPv6; interoperability; network addresses; network connectivity; packet processing; routers; security threats; security management; system vulnerabilities
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Documentation

Publication:
January 2011 ITL Bulletin (pdf)

Supplemental Material:
None available

Document History:
01/31/11: ITL Bulletin (Final)