A national-level IPv6 addressing concept for the government

Governments (and also some private companies) partly use virtual private networks (VPNs) to establish secure communication paths to other governments. Sometimes, special networks are implemented to integrate several governmental organizations into one logical network. On the European level one such network is called sTESTA. Most European member states have similar networks on the national and/or regional level. Different governmental organizations have their individual ICT strategy. Within the IP addressing in the local networks is not synchronized. Especially in states with a federal constitution the ICT is typically highly independent among the single government institutions. Their connections between networks today are established via highly restricted gateways. Complex transition mechanisms must be configured per each communication path. This causes delays in implementing new services and complexity in operation and troubleshooting. In consequence network complexity itself is often one possible reason to decline new ideas for governmental cooperation.