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Dept. of Defense IPv6 Interoperabilty Test Begins

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. That's nothin' by tcd004 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. Whoa... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just got nailed by a popup from an OSDN banner ad. Go figure.

    (I'm at work, without choice of software, mind you.)

  3. Re:Billion billion billion billion billion billion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
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  4. Re:Billion billion billion billion billion billion by Short+Circuit · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It's a lot easier for the average person to understand than saying "340 septillion" or some such.

    I don't even know what the proper name is for the number specified.

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  5. Test: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, ... you know the rest by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    /.

  6. IP's by rf0 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OK so there is enough IP's for every single hair on every persons head but I still bet there won't be enough IP's for l33t script kiddies on their IRC channels

    Rus

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  7. Did you know ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... that because Linux and Windows 200/XP are *OS* (operating systems) as opposed to *DOS* (disc operating systems), you can just plug out the disc even while running the OS. It is the broad gray cable, the IDE cable.

    Just try it out.

    This works because today the system resides comletely in the RAM and thus it is run from there.

    Amazing.

  8. more IPs, less domains... by chmod_localhost · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    With IPv6 on the verge of being implemented, how will this affect domain names? There will be a plethora of IPs but less and less usable domain names to bind to. Unless of course people want to start using stuff like y4h00.com! or 47t4v15t4.com; registering unused domains for comerical purposes is a detriment to the world wide web, and also, forces developing groups to use awkward domain names.

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