U.S. Government to Adopt IPv6 in 2008

IO ERROR writes "The U.S. Government is set to transition to IPv6 in June 2008, according to Government Computer News: 'In the newest additions to the IPv6 Transition Guidance, the CIO Council's Architecture and Infrastructure Committee has provided a list of best practices and transition elements that agencies should use as they work to meet the deadline. The latest additions, (MS Word) released in May, are a compilation of existing recommendations and best practices gathered from the Defense Department, which has been testing and preparing for the transition for years, the private sector, and the Internet research and development community.'"

Comments

Re:2008?

[Mariner28]

Actually, the DoD is transitioning to IPv6 capability by 2008, and yes, there's no way all systems will be capable of supporting IPv6, let alone transitioning to IPv6 exclusively, by then. So as systems, and more importantly - applications, are upgraded over time, they will get there.

Ironically, it's not the government that's dragging its feet - it's the contractors. You'd think they've never heard of IPv6 before, even though every contract written in the last year or so is supposed to contain a clause stating that the system/application delivered under that contract will support IPv6...

Re:Stats on IP usage?

[TCM]

IPv6 addresses are not cryptographic keys, even if their space is as big. Relying on the ability to "hide" in the address space is so bad, you shouldn't even begin thinking about it. Better keep your services up-to-date and secure.

Also, IPv6 NAT should never ever see the light of day.