While this type of procurement announcement is certainly not bad
news for IPv6 --almost independent of how the details are
interpreted-- anyone planning to get really excited about it
(positively or negatively) should examine RFC 942 and related
documents and consider the impact of a previous time the DoD
made one of these sweeping policy/procurement announcements
related to the Internet.
john
--On Saturday, 14 June, 2003 08:11 -0400 Margaret Wasserman
<mrw(_at_)windriver(_dot_)com> wrote:
At 06:45 PM 6/13/2003 -0700, Randy Bush wrote:
hyperbole alert!
> Vendors must be compliant by Oct 1
>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55558-2003Jun1
3.html?nav=hptoc_tn
that's not what is says at all. what is says is
"The evolution toward the new standard must be taken into
account for all purchases starting Oct. 1"
The U.S. DoD's actual press release (included below) says:
"A key element of the transition minimizes future transition
costs by requiring that, starting in October 2003, all network
capabilities purchased by DoD be both IPv6-capable and
interoperable with the department's extensive IPv4 installed
base."
I have not yet seen the actual policy memorandum -- I'm
still trying to get a copy. So, I'm not sure how "IPv6-
capable" is defined.
Margaret
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense
No. 413-03
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jun 13, 2003
(703)697-5131(media)
(703)428-0711(public/industry)
Next-Generation Internet Protocol to Enable Net-Centric
Operations
Implementation of the next-generation Internet protocol that
will bring the Department of Defense closer to its goal of
net-centric warfare and operations was announced today by John
P. Stenbit, assistant secretary of defense for networks and
information integration and DoD chief information officer.
The new Internet protocol, known as IPv6, will facilitate
integration of the essential elements of DoD's Global
Information Grid -- its sensors, weapons, platforms,
information and people. Secretary Stenbit is directing the
DoD-wide transition.
The current version of the Internet's operating system, IPv4,
has been in use by DoD for almost 30 years. Its fundamental
limitations, along with the world-wide explosion of Internet
use, inhibit net-centric operations. IPv6 is designed to
overcome those limitations by expanding available IP address
space, improving end-to-end security, facilitating mobile
communications, enhancing quality of service and easing system
management burdens.
Enterprise-wide deployment of IPv6 will keep the warfighter
secure and connected in a fast-moving battlespace, Secretary
Stenbit said. Achievement of net-centric operations and
warfare depends on effectively implementing the transition.
Secretary Stenbit signed a policy memorandum on June 9 that
outlines a strategy to ensure an integrated, timely and
effective transition. A key element of the transition
minimizes future transition costs by requiring that, starting
in October 2003, all network capabilities purchased by DoD be
both IPv6-capable and interoperable with the department's
extensive IPv4 installed base.
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