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Pentagon Wants IPv6 by 2008

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ping-the-forward-torpedo-tubes,-ensign dept.

anzha writes "The constant question for 'when' for IPv6 keeps wandering across good ole /. It seems that the Pentagon has decided to put a foot down and put a deadline on their dark and dangerous portion of the net."

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  1. 2008!!!! by kelceylehrich · · Score: 5, Funny

    Won't we need IPv7 by then?

  2. yeah but.... by quiklilo71 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Didn't the government want us to be totally metric by now also?

  3. Ummm.... by Michael's+a+Jerk! · · Score: 5, Funny

    You do realize that IPv6 offers something like an IP address for every square centremetre of ground on the planet, right?

    --

    I'm not Seth.

  4. George W Bush by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe the white house could push this through.

    BTW does Bush even know what IPv6?

    I called up one of my customers ISP's for support and asked if they support IPv4 and they said no.

  5. Re:Advantages of IPV6 by FunkyELF · · Score: 5, Funny

    Crucially, in the header for the new protocol version there are 128 bits for senders and recipients. That equates to several quadrillion IP addresses for every individual alive.

    Damn, thats it...I was hoping for at least a quintillion :(

    oh well, w/ that many available ip addresses, i'll hopefully be able to get a static IP thru my service provider...(if several quadrillion time the worlds population is enough to allow for that)

  6. Re:Actually, smart move by the DoD by Eythian · · Score: 5, Funny
    In military theory, and well in any competitive environment, the goal is to gather information, assess the situation, decide on a course of action, and execute that decision.

    I found this was generally made easier by pressing [ESC], selecting 'Options', 'Video', and turning 'Fog of War' to be off.

  7. IPv6 by 2008 or ... by teklob · · Score: 5, Funny

    IPv6 by 2008 or else. What are they going to do? Cancel the internet?

    1. Re:IPv6 by 2008 or ... by Phroggy · · Score: 5, Funny

      IPv6 by 2008 or else. What are they going to do? Cancel the internet?

      Liberate it.

      --
      $x='S24;r)>63/* h@<5+oZ)32"5cz';$me='phroggy'x$];
      $x=~y+ -xz+\0-Tx+;print$_^chop$me for split'',$x;
  8. What is IPv6? by Xeth · · Score: 5, Funny

    All I've heard is that Duke Nukem: Forever is supposed to have built in support for it...

    --
    If your theory is different from practice, then your theory is wrong.
  9. shortsighted fools! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come one, this is stupid. Trust the army to screw up and fight the last battle. 128 bits was what we needed in the 1990's, now we need, at minimum, 1024 bits.

    Proof:

    numOfPeople = 7000000000

    def uniqueIP(n):
    return 2**n

    def ipPerPerson(numOfIP, people):
    return numOfIP / people

    >>> ipPerPerson(uniqueIP(1024), numOfPeople)

    256813304980330843961329312969860676231139568420 32 95103906144016539038225792870901895835390320107657 44457305542673419082369699669734880889275496329484 96303482538270489266497896614602800178013445636154 70744071510983402152604892326878198758722011817673 7621501526369471177135320848354245186405050904232

    By my calculations, that is the minimum number needed per person. With all the nano-devices we will have by 2008, that number will go quickly, trust me.

    Even if there are production delays and the nano-devices are not here by 2008, they will still be coming soon, so we may as well be prepared.

    Also, for those who are going to complain, having 1024 bit IP addresses will not be much overhead.