ENISA, 1ST EU AGENCY TO DELIVER ITS WEB CONTENT OVER IPV6.The EU Agency ENISA ENISA European Network and Information Security Agency (the European Network and Information Security Agency The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) is an agency of the European Union. ENISA was created in 2004 by EU Regulation No 460/2004 and is fully operational since September 1st, 2005. It has its seat in Heraklion, Crete (Greece). ) now delivers its web site content over the New Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. Protocol IPv6. With this action, ENISA is the first EU agency to implement the European Commission IPv6 Action Plan. All computer and electronic devices that connect to the web and other online services uses Internet Protocol Addresses. The current Internet Protocol, IPv4, provides a limited number of such addresses. According to estimates (http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/index.html) they will be exhausted by 2011. The new Internet Protocol, IPv6, allows every citizen and organization to have as many Internet Addresses as they need to connect every conceivable device to the Internet: mobile phones, car navigation systems, home appliances, industrial equipment, etc. Besides the obvious increase in address space, IPv6 offers many technological advantages (http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ipv6/index_en.htm) that have significant economic impact. IPv6 is expected to be a key driver for many new mobile and wireless applications and services and an essential technology for implementing ambient intelligence. During 2008 ENISA carried out an assessment of Internet Protocol version 6 (http://www.enisa.europa.eu/act/it/inf/tech) (IPv6), along with two other key technologies, regarding its potential to provide increased network resilience. This analysis was carried out from two perspectives. The first consisted of analysing the characteristics of the selected technologies and their public communication network's resilience enhancing features. In parallel, the effectiveness, problems and gaps that potentially could compromise the availability of networks and services, was assessed through interviews with twelve network operators in EU Member States. Andrea Pirotti, Executive Director of ENISA commented: "By delivering its web content over the new Internet Protocol, ENISA actively supports Europe's objective to widely implement IPv6 by 2010. At the same time, ENISA is using its own recommendations; to take advantage of the technological and resiliency features of the new protocol." Bosco Fernandes of Nokia Siemens Networks Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) is a telecommunications solutions supplier which was created as the result of a merger (by means of a 50-50 joint venture) between Siemens AG's COM division (minus its Enterprise business unit) and Nokia's Network Business Group. , former Coordinator of the EC Steering Committee Task Force on IPv6 and member of the ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. Executive Board, welcomed this initiative: "ENISA has made a strategic move towards IPv6 deployment. The IPv6 community most welcomes this initiative ENISA has taken. The Industry at large is now finally appreciating the need to deploy IPv6 in most sectors. It is a high priority topic in the telecom industry as well as for 3GPP GPP Government Performance Project GPP General Purpose Processor GPP General Physical Preparedness GPP Gambian People's Party GPP Good Pharmacy Practice GPP Gross Primary Productivity GPP Green Procurement Program GPP Generic Packetized Protocol , ITU and the UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) The GSM implementation of the 3G wireless phone system. Part of IMT-2000, UMTS provides service in the 2 GHz band and offers global roaming and personalized features. Forum." To offer its web content over IPv6, ENISA deployed native IPv6 connectivity at its service providing network and enabled Domain Name System (DNS (Domain Name System) A system for converting host names and domain names into IP addresses on the Internet or on local networks that use the TCP/IP protocol. For example, when a Web site address is given to the DNS either by typing a URL in a browser or behind the ) resolution and Hyper Text Transfer Protocol/Secure (HTTP/S HTTP/S Hypertext Transfer Portocol/Secure ) service delivery over IPv6. For information visit http://www.enisa.europa.eu/sta. |
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