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| Posted by: Jordi on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 10:58 AM | |||
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The Defense Department was a looming presence today at the IPv6 U.S. Summit in Arlington, Va., a stone’s throw from the Pentagon.
“The DOD decision to move to IPv6 is monumental,” said Latif Ladid, president of the IPv6 Forum. |
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| In June, DOD CIO John P. Stenbit announced a move to the next-generation Internet Protocol over the next five years. The IT industry and the military services are betting the move will spur development of compatible products and services.
“We are in the early adopter mode now, uncomfortably so,” said John Osterholz, DOD director of architecture and interoperability. “DOD wants to encourage a wave of commercial application development and accelerate the availability of firewalls,” Osterholz said. “Currently the base is very thin. Click here for the complete press release. |
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