# IETF v6ops Working Group with Nick Buraglio

DevFeed: [IETF v6ops Working Group with Nick Buraglio](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ietf-v6ops-working-group-with-nick-buraglio-11300.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2025/12/v6ops-ietf-working-group/>)

Published: 2025-12-11T07:03:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ietf.md>), [Networks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networks.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>)

Tags: [ietf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ietf.md>), [ipv6](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ipv6.md>), [networks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networks.md>), [podcast](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/podcast.md>), [software-gone-wild](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-gone-wild.md>)

## AI overview

This article discusses why the IETF v6ops Working Group remains active 30 years after the first IPv6 specifications. It highlights the group's work on guidelines for deploying and operating IPv6 networks and references Nick Buraglio's answers in Episode 203 of the Software Gone Wild podcast.

## Source excerpt

The first IPv6 specs were published in 1995, and yet 30 years later, we still have a pretty active IETF working group focused on "developing guidelines for the deployment and operation of new and existing IPv6 networks." (taken from the old charter; they updated it in late October 2025). Why is it taking so long, and what problems are they trying to solve? Nick Buraglio, one of the working group chairs, provided some answers in Episode 203 of the Software Gone Wild podcast. Read more ...