Conclusion

There are multiple driving forces behind IPv6 adoption. This paper describes what they are and explains how you can respond to them. It also explains differences between IPv4 and IPv6 where applicable, and covers interoperability between both network stacks. As always, security remains paramount and so this paper covered how to evolve your perimeter design to take advantage of IPv6 protocol features.

Remember that IPv6 only makes a difference at the network layer of the networking stack. Many connectivity and security elements, especially in cloud native applications, are handled at higher layers and are therefore not affected.

AWS offers comprehensive IPv6 support in Amazon VPC and AWS services running at the edge of AWS Cloud. You can adopt IPv6 at your own pace and focus on use cases where you will benefit the most from the adoption.