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Obama Highlights IPv6 Issue

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the has-strong-pro-vi-stance-too dept.

alphadogg writes "The Obama Administration bills itself as the most tech-savvy political team ever, but until now it has ignored one of the biggest issues facing the Internet: the rapid depletion of IPv4 Internet addresses and the imminent need for carriers and content providers to adopt IPv6. Today, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will host a workshop on IPv6 that features high-profile executives from government, industry and Internet policymaking organizations. Some observers are hoping the Obama Administration will use the workshop to issue a deadline for all federal agencies to support IPv6 on their public-facing Web sites."

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  1. Deadline by pete-classic · · Score: 5, Funny

    I heard he's going to mandate that all Federal agencies cut over to IPv6 by the time they close Gitmo.

    -Peter

    1. Re:Deadline by theaveng · · Score: 2, Funny

      >>>Because no president before Obama has ever made bad decisions on a large scale. ::eye roll::

      Right on! It's disgusting to see Obama posters with Hitler mustaches. I used to carry round a sign with Bush == Hitler, but to do it to Obama? Sacrilege.

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    2. Re:Deadline by blair1q · · Score: 2, Funny

      it's not sacrilege.

      it's hypocrisy.

      sacrilege would be if it was a pope's hat instead of a hitler mustache.

      of course, with this pope, i can understand the confusion...

  2. Monthly reminder by slaxative · · Score: 4, Funny

    Coming up next ... our monthly reminder of ipv4's demise. How many stories can you guys come up with that basically dance around the same issue? We know its happening, now we're just waiting for everyone to catch up and get compliant.

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  3. Re:Again? by bonch · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Obama Administration plans to increase the amount of Hope and Change budgeted for federal agencies in the hope that it will spur IPv6 adoption.

  4. Re:Deadline (congrats first post) by spazdor · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was gonna be first but my 6to4 layer adds too much latency.

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  5. Re:What's IPv6? Who's Obama? by Austerity+Empowers · · Score: 3, Funny

    IPv6 is Microsoft's latest internet operating system, which isn't selling well because Google doesn't like it.

    Obama is the infamous terrorist hiding in Afghanistan, who may or may not have been born in America, but is our President, unless you're a republican.

  6. Re:Why not go mobile IPv6? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Quick solution: Facebook to be ipv6 only.
    *tongue in cheek*

  7. Re: tech-savvy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    By that, you don't mean the IPv6 switch, do you?