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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. Hardware vendors have to come in line first. by marbike · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Before IPv6 can be deployed the vendors of the various routers etc. of hte internet will have to get fully tested and come in to line. Cisco, Nortel, Juniper et al must first finnish testing IPv6 on the hardware that currently creates the backbone of the new protocol.

    While it is good to see someone pushing for this, it really will take the efforts of all major networking companies to make IPv6 a reality.

    --
    it is better to light a flame thrower than curse the darkness. -Terry Pratchett Men at Arms
  2. The Military... by Montreal+Geek · · Score: 4, Insightful
    ... is at it again. While I dislike military organisations, the US's in particular, one has to admit that they are great motive forces for technological advances.

    I guess it doesn't reflect that well on mankind that we display the most ingenuity and brilliance when it comes to finding ways of beating each other into a pulp, or trying to prevent the others to do the same for us.

    But then again, it's biologically understandable: intelligence is the mean by which groups of human were succesful in preserving food supply, territory, mates from competitors.

    -- MG

  3. Re:yeah but.... by G-funk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    God forbid uncle sam tell the US to pull their standards into line with the rest of the planet and use a well thought-out system that makes sense, instead of based on the length of some ancient greeks' gods' feet or some such.

    My car gets three rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it!

    --
    Send lawyers, guns, and money!
  4. Re:Why must we have static IPs? by mrklin · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Seriously, major players like MIT, Stanford, AT&T each have more IP addresses than is assigned to, say, China or India. Sure, not exactly a convincing argument to NOT to move to IPv6 but for the short term before IPv6 is implemented, these players can ameliorate the situation by releasing blocks of IP.

  5. Re:We wouldn't *need* IPv6... by MyHair · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I just have to wonder what they [asians] actually DO for us rather than make porn and spam which we can do ourself, . . .

    Hint: People on other countries don't exist for the sole purpose of serving us.

    I've been to Mexico, England, Finland, Russia and Latvia. People actualy have lives there, too. You'd be amazed.

    Note to non-USians: I won't judge your country by your most outrageous people if you don't judge mine by ours. Deal?