Dept. of Defense IPv6 Interoperabilty Test Begins

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday October 22, 2003 @08:01AM from the let's-get-it-on dept.

securitas writes "The Department of Defense has launched Phase I of its delayed IPv6 interoperability test (mirror) in a six-month project dubbed Moonv6. It is the largest North American IPv6 test ever and its goal is to evaluate IPv6 for 'network-centric military operations.' Phase II was originally scheduled to begin in January 2004 but may be delayed due to the late start of the current test. 'IPv4 addresses are 32 bits long, enough for around 4 billion unique addresses.' In contrast, the IPv6 address length is '128 bits, or 340 billion billion billion billion unique addresses.' Experts hope this will solve a predicted IP address shortage as more devices are created to use the Internet."

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Re:Just for fun... by cK-Gunslinger · 2003-10-22 08:36 · Score: 5, Informative

For anyone who wants to 'pronounce' the number:

2^128 is:

340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211, 45 6

Which is:

340 undecillion,
282 decillion,
366 nonillion,
920 octillion,
938 septillion,
463 sextillion,
463 quintillion,
374 quadrillion,
607 trillion,
431 billion,
768 million,
211 thousand,
456.