FAA - ASDI servers

mikea mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Wed Jan 5 14:07:56 UTC 2011


On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 06:36:25AM -0500, Robert E. Seastrom wrote:
> 
> TR Shaw <tshaw at oitc.com> writes:
> 
> > There is a federal directive that has been in place for a number of
> > years that requires IPV6 support for all new IT contracts/systems
> > and also a directive to all federal agencies to support IPV6 by 2008
> > (See http://ipv6.com/articles/general/US_Government_IPv6.htm )
> 
> And conveniently it's even getting more traction than GOSIP did.
> 
> I think there have been some federal directives to balance the budget
> too.  Point being that a PDF of such a directive is worth the paper it
> is written on if people are inclined to just figure out a way around it.
> 
> (for those who are lucky or young enough to not remember:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOSIP )

Bad cess to you for that! I thought I had recycled those neurons, but it
turns out I hadn't.

I suppose that cautionary tales are necessary, and GOSIP certainly is one.

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
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