eGov-Luxembourg

"IPv6 does not change networking dramatically but offers the opportunity to get rid of some nasty restrictions introduced in the past."

C. Schmoll, U. Kaiser, Fraunhofer FOKUS (Germany)

"IPv6 traffic in the Internet is growing rapidly. So government services to citizens and business need IPv6 support to keep services available for everybody. In addition modern ICT systems require enabled IPv6 as a mandatory infrastructure service. So the implementation of IPv6 is without alternative in the internal networks also."

Martin Krengel, Citkomm (Germany)

"IPv6 transition is a process that will not be achieved over a night. Keep in mind that the earlier you start your IPv6 adventure, the more experience you will gain to manage your network properly."

Emre Yüce, Tübitak Ulakbim (Turkey)

"The deployment of IPv6 offers new opportunities for solving several of the actual bottlenecks of Internet: addressing, E2E communication, support of mobility and security."

Antonio Skarmeta, Universidad de Murcia (Spain)

“Investing in the IPv6 transition is investing in the future.”

Gabriela Gheorghe, University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

"GEN6 project demonstrates that public administration could have a leading role in IPv6 adoption. In the Czech Republic, 64 % of public administration bodies support IPv6 on their webservers, compared to the average of 23% in the entire .cz domain, which belongs among one of the most successful ones in IPv6 adoption worldwide."

Ondrej Filip, CZ.NIC (Czech Republic)

“The GEN6 pilots show how to successfully introduce IPv6 in governments. Feel free to check out the documentation and contact the project participants to share in their practical experience!”

Arjen Holtzer, TNO (Netherlands)

"During the 2014 elections in Germany, a production ready, IPv6-based Openstack Cloud established at the University of Luxembourg successfully delivered election results to German voters, a “World First” to pioneer the future of the open world of cloud computing!"

Latif Ladid, University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

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Luxembourg: eGovernment Services with IPv6

The Luxembourg pilot focuses on the transition to IPv6 of a private cloud that can be used internally by governments or for public services. A private cloud is generally operated for a single organization. IPv6 enabled clouds are the infrastructure of the future, and the public sector should benefit from its use. The output of the pilot will be a set of guidelines for governments on how to perform the transition, as well as tools for checking security/configurability properties of cloud services at network level.

The Luxembourg pilot is based on the open-source software called OpenStack. OpenStack is one of the most popular cloud distribution and a massively scalable cloud operating system, currently used by actors such as the US Department of Energy, San Diego Supercomputer Center, Intel, Cisco WebEx, or PayPal. In terms of IPv6, OpenStack supports IPv6 but provides little help in how to configure its use. With GEN6, UL will deliver a methodology for IPv6 transition that governments can use to migrate in-house cloud services, without losing their existing autonomy. The resulting methodology and guidelines will contribute to the global community as well.

A use-case of the Luxembourg pilot is the support for the infrastructure for the May 2014 North Rhine Westfalia elections in Germany, in collaboration with Citkomm. The aim is to show to the government running an election that with the assurance offered by cloud services, critical applications of public interest can be highly available when faced with a large demand. Such cloud services can be either in-house or external. This GEN6 pilot can show how to expand to a cloud platform from a restricted local application, for government services that seek cloud computing support.