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U.S. DoD Commits To IPv6

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the leading-the-way dept.

babaloo writes "According to this article the U.S. Defense Department wants to move it's entire network to IPv6 by the year 2008. Will this be what pushes at least U.S. based companies and providers to actually convert over?" It's definitely a shot in the arm that IPv6 needs. This seemed to be more of a priority back when NAT was much less prevalent, but it seems we'll eventually find ourselves on IPv6, even if we drag our feet there.

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  1. An IP address for.... by ciroknight · · Score: 4, Funny

    .....every second until the day IPv8 goes into effect, not to mention every person alive, every toaster making toast, every toilet still flushing, and every bullet fired. Maybe this is why the DoD wants IPv6... No not for toilets, internet enabled bullets!!

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    1. Re:An IP address for.... by Soko · · Score: 4, Funny

      Clippy: It looks like you're trying to kill Saddam Hussien. Do you want an IP address assigned to each of your bullets so we can track the kill?

      [yes] [no] [sod off before I shoot you, ya nosy paperclip!]

      Soko

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    2. Re:An IP address for.... by istartedi · · Score: 2, Funny

      internet enabled bullets

      Sorry. You can't kill. The network is down.

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    3. Re:An IP address for.... by commodoresloat · · Score: 2, Funny
      internet enabled bullets

      Great. I can't wait until these become the subject of hacks and viruses. Imagine getting shot in the head by a bullet with the following message attached:

      Hi! How are you?

      I send you this bullet in order to have your advice.

      See you later. Thanks

  2. Standard by RobPiano · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its pretty much a fact that most internet innovations are due to military and pornography pushing early use. IPv6 is definitly going to happen now.

    See history of the internet and streaming media...

    Rob :)

    1. Re:Standard by TopShelf · · Score: 2, Funny

      And just wait until the development of military pornography kicks into high gear - we'll be at IPv8 in no time...

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  3. 2008 by jinglecat · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh good.. So by 2008, you will be able to frag your neighbor over IPv6 with Duke Nukem Forever.

  4. New category icon ... by slagdogg · · Score: 2, Funny

    Click here :)

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  5. The dupe called by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It wants its story back.

    1. Re:The dupe called by AssTard · · Score: 1, Funny
      That's retarded, man.

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  6. IPv6.... by jabbadabbadoo · · Score: 2, Funny

    What are they going to do with all those IP addresses? Oh wait, I know. A trillion nano-machines flying around the Iraqi country side, injecting anthrax into Saddamic supporters...

  7. Circular definition, AH! by zapp · · Score: 3, Funny

    IPv6 has enough IP's to identify each unique second until IPv8 is released.
    IPv8 won't be released until all IPv6 addresses are used.
    The longer it takes for IPv8 to be released, the sooner it will happen!

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  8. Heavy Sigh by mofochickamo · · Score: 4, Funny
    IPv6 will allow an expansion from the Internet's current limitation of 4 billion addresses (to a new limit of 380,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0, which is a number so great it could supply each person living today with more than 4 billion addresses each).

    Too bad I have to type http://132.122.21.123.155.135.132.152.132.122.221. 123.15.23.32.52 to get to my computer that I don't have a domain name for.

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  9. Re:10$ says... by caluml · · Score: 2, Funny

    DELETE FROM comments WHERE comment LIKE "%repost%" OR comment LIKE "%dupe%" in a crontab would be easier :)

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  10. IPV6 Costs.... by wo1verin3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    >> U.S. DoD Commits To IPv6

    Washington, DC - June 26, 2003 - Dept. Of Defense in charge of security and defense for the United States Of America will be going over budget on an IPV6 upgrade. The majority of costs will be involved in training staff to count to the number 6. Previous training to count up to 5 was thought to be years ahead of its time since the DOD believes IPV5 would come after IPV4.

  11. Heh by egg+troll · · Score: 4, Funny

    IPV6 is the Hurd of networking protocols!

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    1. Re:Heh by eht · · Score: 4, Funny

      Not really, IPv6 is actually useful.

  12. Damnit! (In the spirit of dupes) by teamhasnoi · · Score: 5, Funny
    I was promised flying cars, why aren't they working on the flying cars?

    IPv6 sounds great but I see that we will need more TLDs and a domain name will be absolutely necessary.

    Frickin' Rainman will be the only one able to remember xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.

    At least the giant corporations that are our new overlords will have to spend some serious $$$ to cover all the new 'name.new tld'. Perhaps after all this is done, they can work on flying cars. 'cause we are like 50+ years behind the times here, people.

    But all that has to take a back seat to hard-to-remember IPv6.

    Here's a plan, why don't we just take the internet away from all the AOLers, the Flash greeting card senders, the 'Great Story! Read this LOLRFLOLRLOL!!!!'ers, Zone Bejewled players and the cheaters at Counter Strike and we'll have enough IPs for all of the elitist bastards that are going to make my toaster talk to me.

    Tell you what. I will trade all my IPs (192.168.x.x) for a friggin' flying car.

    Let's make it happen. I'll even have a bumper sticker, "IPv6, but my doctor says I'll be fine!" with a smiley!

    Gimme my flying car.

  13. Re:Chicken and egg by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    In fact, why isn't Slashdot an IPv6 enabled site?

    Because we are all hypocrits.

  14. By 2008 by Kludge · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hope to be 5 years older.

    How slow is that?

  15. Excellent example! by Mike+Schiraldi · · Score: 3, Funny
    From the recent Slashdot IRC chat:

    reefer asks: Is there any system in place or a plan on developing some system to prevent duplicate posts?

    CmdrTaco: Whatever. Next.


    Great attitude there, Rob.
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    1. Re:Excellent example! by Chester+K · · Score: 2, Funny

      reefer asks: Is there any system in place or a plan on developing some system to prevent duplicate posts?

      CmdrTaco: Whatever. Next.

      Great attitude there, Rob.

      And they want people to pay for this?

      The next dupe will be posted soon, but subscribers can see it early!

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  16. Re:dupe? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hear that with IPv6, there will be a mind-boggling amount of available IP addresses... like, one IP address for every slashdot dupe. Amazing!

  17. Re:dupe? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    At least it's a genuine dupe and not a SCO update....

  18. Re:I can't wait by El · · Score: 3, Funny
    The only way around this would be to issue IP blocks to physical locations on the earth, so no matter where you are you have all the IP addresses reservered for that square meter of dirt...

    Well, wouldn't that make mobile computing a pain... "uh oh, by car has moved twenty feet, better change my IP address!" as you're going down the freeway.

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  19. An IBM Rep. at some conference once.. by Radix42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...was telling the audience (mostly non-technical) about IPv6.

    He mentioned how many addresses, and then asked if anyone knew what that meant.

    He said that it would mean there would be enough for every frickin appliance, and it could run Java on it, and did anyone know what THAT meant?

    Of course no one was supposed to have any answers, it was almost all PHBs there (I got dragged along to man a cursed booth).

    So I raised my hand and said "So you can get up in the morning and reboot your toaster?"

    EVERYONE burst out laughing!