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From September 14 (Wed) to October 13 (Thu), 2011, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) will conduct a broad appeal for opinions on the third interim report (draft) and environment cloud service construction/application guidelines (draft) compiled by the “Research Society concerning Faster Utilization through IPv6” (Chairman: Tadao Saito, emeritus professor at University of Tokyo).
Background
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has opened the “Research Society concerning Faster Utilization through IPv6” since February 27, 2009 in order to study policy promoting smooth support for IPv6 (see note 1).
The third interim report (draft) from this Research Society has been compiled on the back of exhaustion of the IPv4 (see note 2) address inventories of APNIC (which distributes IP addresses in the Asia-Pacific region) and JPNIC (which controls IP addresses for Japan), and ISPs' increased supply of IPv6 Internet connection services. In addition, the Research Society has compiled cloud service construction/application guidelines (draft) to promote the development of environment cloud services, which are expected to use IPv6 technology.
Accordingly, there will be a broad appeal for opinions on the third interim report (draft) and environment cloud service construction/application guidelines (draft).
Note 1: IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6): The successor to the IPv4 standard, with a practically infinite number of IP addresses (3.4 x 1,038). Compared with IPv4 its features include enhanced security, simplification of all options, and so on.
Note 2: IPv4 (Internet Protocol Version 4): This communication system is utilized as the main basic technology behind the Internet. IP addresses refer to numerals used to identify computers, etc. connected to networks. Approximately 4.3 billion IP addresses can be allocated using IPv4.
Outline of appeal for opinions
Subjects of appeal for opinions: Third Interim Report (Draft) from “Study Group on Advanced Use of Internet with IPv6”
Environment Cloud Service Construction/Application Guidelines (Draft)
Deadline for submission of opinions: 17:00 on October 13 (Thu), 2011
(mailed submissions must also arrive by this date)
Please note that the subjects of the appeal for opinions will be published in the “Reports and documents” area of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) website (http://www.soumu.go.jp) and in the “Public comment” section of e-Gov (http://www.e-gov.go.jp), the electronic coordinated government contact website.
4. Schedule
The 17th meeting of the Research Society will be held in the middle of October and a report will be compiled based on the opinions received.
Related reports and documents
○ Study Group on Advanced Use of Internet with IPv6 to Be Convened (February 23, 2009)
○ Publication of the Mid-term Report from the Study Group Concerning the Improved Use of IPv6 on the Internet (June 23, 2009)
○ 2nd Interim Report from the Study Group concerning the Improved Use of IPv6 on the Internet and Public Comments Accepted for the Guidelines on Information Disclosure concerning the Response to IPv4 Address Inventory Shortages of ISP (March 12, 2010)
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For further information about this press release, please fill in the inquiry form and submit it to MIC on the website
https://www.soumu.go.jp/common/english_opinions.html
International Policy Division,
Global ICT Strategy Bureau, MIC
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