I understand that the winter NANOG meeting had a panel session about IPv6 futures etc. I have been told by Doug Montgomery from NIST, who attended the session, that Tony Hain (from Cisco) pointed out that DoC has an RFC out on this topic and suggested that interested parties find the call and reply. The following announcement provides links to the Commerce IPv6 RFC for interested parties who may wish to participate. The U.S. Department of Commerce has formed an IPv6 Task Force to study deployment issues. The Task Force has published an RFC (Request for Comments) in the January 21, 2004 Federal Register, inviting interested parties to comment on a variety of IPv6-related issues. We have also posted the RFC on our website, at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/frnotices/2004/IPv6RFCFinal.htm, along with a press announcement at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/press/2004/IPv6_01152004.htm. Our comment deadline is March 8, 2004. We hope that you and your affiliated organizations will comment in our proceeding and look forward to your help in building a solid public record for our IPv6 study. Please contact me if you have questions. Alfred Lee Senior Advisor Office of Policy Analysis and Development National Telecommunications & Information Administration U.S. Department of Commerce Suite H4725 Washington, D.C. 20230 Phone: 202 482 1880 alee@ntia.doc.gov