Much has been achieved, but there is also still work to be done. Some imminent next steps include the following:

• A DHCPv6 service is required; implementations will be tested in the near future (from Cisco and Lucent). This will enable IPv6 DNS resolver discovery for hosts, but also be used for address allocation.
• Work on modifications to Snort to allow IPv6 IDS functions to be used.
• A dynamic DNS service is required for statelessly configuring hosts.

We are also deploying new network infrastructure over the summer of 2005, with a Cisco solution selected. One Cisco 6509 and around 30 Cisco 3750’s will be deployed, with full dual-stack IPv6 support for unicast and multicast. We have already performed tests, e.g. for MLD snooping for IPv6 on the 3750’s (with an advanced EFT image).