[Novalug] IPV6 and US Federal Gov't

Pete Nuwayser nuwayser@gmail.com
Sun Apr 5 16:18:34 EDT 2009


Did this come up in the meeting yesterday?

On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 4:15 PM, jlg <goldsmithj@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> IPV6 is a *requirement* for the whole US gov't that has not been fully implemented (at least at DOD).  Re-architecting, procurement of hardware, installation and test and IA certification is a long winded process.
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> As I understand it, there are three main goals of the IPV6 conversion for the feds:  (1) allow for a large enough address space so all entities that need an IP address can have a *fixed* address (consider thousands of sensors at borders or battlefields), (2) remove DHCP from federal networks so a machine cannot be just "plugged in" and be expected to work and (3) the government believes IPV4 is obsolete and sourcing v4 hardware will become more difficult.
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> There are likely other reasons that I'm not aware of.
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> ...jlg
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