Speaker
Dr
David Kelsey
(Rutherford Appleton Laboratory,)
Description
Unused IPv4 network addresses are a scarce resource. The
deployment of IPv6 networking across the world is well underway. Some
large IT distributed infrastructures, such as the Worldwide Large Hadron
Collider Computing Grid, are starting to deploy dual-stack IPv6/IPv4
services to support IPv6-only clients. New networking protocols, such as
IPv6, always bring new challenges for operational IT security. We have
spent many decades understanding and fixing security problems and concerns
in the IPv4 world. We have only just started with IPv6! Its lack of
maturity together with all the additional complexities, particularly in a
dual-stack environment, bring many challenges. This talk will consider
some of the security concerns in an IPv6 world and consider best practices
for system administrators who manage (or will manage) IT services on
distributed infrastructures and also for their related security teams.
Primary author
Dr
David Kelsey
(Rutherford Appleton Laboratory,)
