New Delhi: Telecom (DOT) department has fixed December 2022 as a deadline for internet service providers to adjust their network and change the modem and router on the customer’s premise for services according to the address of the Internet protocol, IPv6.
DOT has set 30 June 2022, as the last date for government organizations for the complete transition to IPv6, according to official records issued on November 2 “All new wireline customer connections provided by the service provider after December 31, 2022, will be able to carry good IPv6 traffic On a double stack on the original IPv6, “said the note.
The IP address helps to identify and connect various devices and servers to the Internet.
Dot has released a first and second roadmap to launch the IPv6 address in the country in 2010 and 2012 which can provide some trillions of unique internet addresses unlike the old IPv4 regime that has a limit of 3 billion IP addresses.
Growth in the number of devices that connect to the internet has triggered a request for IPv6 address.
“Service providers must strive to progressively replace / increase CPE (customer premise equipment) that are not ready and owned by the latest service provider on December 31, 2022,” said the note.
India now has around 50 percent of the shares in the IPv6 address globally.
“The transition to IPv6 even with double stack mode will help in the growth of internet use, especially in the context of work from home and the IOT ecosystem and the upcoming 5G services because of the very large IP address requirements that are not available with IPv4.
In addition, the transition to IPv6 will improve security The network because the features of ‘IPSec’ default in Verison 6, “said Chairman of the IPv6 Forum Satya N Gupta.
With the proliferation of IPv6 addresses, India can make your own safe internet by preparing its own root server for communication within the country’s geographical boundaries.
At present, there are 13 root servers that play a vital role in working on the internet globally.
11 Root servers are located in the US and each in Europe and Japan.
Under the current global regime, the internet can stop working if one of the root servers is turned off.
Gupta says that with customary root servers, India can continue to communicate in its own jurisdiction after the transition to IPv6.
“The US has decided to turn off the IPv4 address in 2024,” he said.
Previously DOT has set a December 2017 deadline for government organizations to divert their system to IPv6, change the CPES in accordance with IPv6 in December 2017 and a website shift to servers in accordance with January 2017.