Topic

Using Internet Protocol version 6

Applicable to

all

History

Priority

must

Mar 2022

IPv6 functionality is disabled in dual-stack network devices unless it is being used.

Miscellaneous changes were made to rationale and recommendations throughout the publication to clarify content without changing intent. This included a review from the Guidelines for System Hardening chapter through to the Guidelines for Data Transfers chapter.

2015

Dual-stack network devices and ICT equipment that support IPv6 must disable thefunctionality unless it is being used.

2010

Agencies not using IPv6, but which have deployed dual-stack network devices, ICT equipment or operatingsystems that support IPv6, must disable the functionality.

2008

Agencies not using IPv6 but which have deployed dual-stack network equipment or operating systems that support IPv6 must disable the functionality.