Chief Information Officers Council – Roadmap Toward IPv6 Adoption for the Federal Government

Just last week (July 12, 2012), the Chief Information Officers Council released this updated version of the Roadmap Toward IPv6 Adoption for the Federal Government to help with the upcoming deadlines for September of 2012 and September 2014. It highlights the history as well as the government’s vision for IPv6. To read the original article…

IPv4 Scar Tissue

I recently read a few articles from around the the Internet regarding the debate surrounding the use of /64 or /126 prefixes on P2P links. Here is a response I left on another site: “The idea of using /126′s is little more than scar tissue from our experience with IPv4. It is the application of…

A Life Without NAT

Network Address Translation – A Black Mark on IPv4’s Name Why do people use Network Address Translation? Because they always have, that’s why. “That’s the way we’ve always done it” is one of the dumbest reasons we do things. It precludes continued thought and absolves us the responsibility to think about why we are doing…