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.'"

Enough Detail

[neonprimetime]

That word document has 37 pages, 12,946 words, 74,666 characters, and 564 paragraphs. I think there's enough detail.

USA, home sweet home

[Mancat]

There's no place like ::1

Re:USA, home sweet home

[Midnight Thunder]

There's no place like ::1

Just when I was getting to used to my old 127.0.0.1 :(

Happy days..

[Rob T Firefly]

If this transition goes anywhere near as well as that time the US Government resolved to convert the US to the metric system in the 1970s, then... well, we'll all have a lot more time to play solitaire.

The NSA

[a_greer2005]

needs the extra addressing space for all of the servers used for domestic internet spying...to stop them thur ter'ists!

Re:What are the Downsides to IPv6? Anyone?

[Anonymous Coward]

IP addresses will be harder to memorize. For instance, in ipv4 localhost is 127.0.0.1, whereas in ipv6 it's ae241:3241acnzes:wtfffffffffffffff?!:2311134kadsfa saczaq:whenwillitstop:wheasee131431fsna:khaaaaan!

Sorry.

[fuzzyfozzie]

I don't know what IPv6 is but I'm assuming because it is on Slashdot and it involves the government I should be against it.

Re:Enough Detail

[abscissa]

That word document has 37 pages, 12,946 words, 74,666 characters, and 564 paragraphs. I think there's enough detail.

Actually, no, that document is the sample IPv6 address.

Re:What are the Downsides to IPv6? Anyone?

[Anonymous Coward]

For instance, in ipv4 localhost is 127.0.0.1, whereas in ipv6 it's ae241:3241acnzes:wtfffffffffffffff?!:2311134kadsfa saczaq:whenwillitstop:wheasee131431fsna:khaaaaan!

That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!

It's a trap!

[Bromskloss]

It's the new, boosted, PATRIOT Act: Intellectual Property version 6

Re:USA, home sweet home

[Gyga]

He live in an apache native american tribe.

Re:Ummm, why?

[RyuuzakiTetsuya]

yes, the US Gov't has lots of IPv4 addresses, but the number available to everyone else is shrinking rapidly. By switching to IPv6, every man, woman, child, dog, piece of field ammunition, toast, individually wrapped piece of butter, and toy car will have an IP address. Sometimes, rarely, but sometimes, the Government works for the people. :P

Re:Stats on IP usage?

[dubl-u]

HP+DEC has two entire class A (isn't it interesting that they were side by side?)

Whoa. Working from your document [iana.org], if this trend contiues they will next buy Apple, and then MIT. That would be a powerhouse indeed.

Although really, they should go the other way, buying Xerox and nabbing whatever the hell 14/8 is used for. Then they could have the world's only /6. That would either be the world's coolest dorky thing, or the world's dorkiest cool thing. I can't tell which.