Case Studies Of Japan, South Korea And China In Implementation Of IPv6

The North Asian Triangle Japan, South Korea and China is spearheading implementation of IPv6, with Japan being the furthest in its deployment even globally. While IPv6 has been discussed by the three governments at ministerial meetings, these three nations are planning to jointly develop IPv6, a move that will challenge the U.S.dominated market for current IPv4-based Internet technology. In Japan, the government supports IPv6 as part of the e-Japan program. Most ISPs including rural small ISPs and even start-ups have launched IPv6 services. Japan’s famous electronics producers including NEC, Canon, Sanyo, Sony, Toshiba and Panasonic take the lead. In South Korea, deployment of IPv6 has been driven forward by the government as heavily as in Japan. Among ISPs, only the largest one – KT – deploys and operates IPv6 network in South Korea unlike in Japan. The national IPv6 trial service is scheduled from 2004 onwards to promote the deployment of IPv6 in the nation and to facilitate the commercialization of IPv6 for ISPs and vendors. Also in China, the government proactively develops trial projects to achieve solid IPv6 network deployment. Being different from Japan and South Korea, foreign participation in IPv6 arena is notable in China. The North Asian Triangle cases presented in this paper serve as a guiding light for the IT and security professionals to meet the challenges delivered by the upcoming globalization of IPv6 from multiple perspectives – the information security perspective, IT policy perspective and IT evolution perspective.