Smart Grid May Also Carry IPv6 Traffic

itwbennett writes "Kevin Fogarty is blogging about new specs outlined by the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) that outline the requirements for 'any network designed to carry data instead of just electrons.' What's needed, in short, is 'a Common Information Model for the format of data in the network, interfaces to allow it to go from one device or substation to another, exchanges between control centers and communications protocols that will add security to the net.'"

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Re:no it won't

[Ephemeriis]

Luckily the rest of the world is not limited by your arrogance.

Arrogance? Or realism?

Who gives a fuck if you don't think IPv6 will ever be wide-spread?

I never said anything about wide-spread. I said "Not any time soon. Maybe not ever." We've been talking about IPv6 for how long now? A decade? Longer? And it's always got to happen right now because we're all out of addresses! But it doesn't happen. And we keep limping along as-is. And I see no reason to believe that'll change any time soon.

Or if you're sceptical of power grids also carrying data?

The fact of the matter is that embedding a signal in a power line turns it into an antenna. Wreaks havoc with the local EM band. It isn't really a matter of opinion. Physics is like that.