12-13-2005, 08:56 AM
Quote:Moving to IPv6 will present a number of challenges for the U.S. federal government, not the least of which is the associated price tag, which could hit $75 billion.
The government is supposed to be on a relatively rapid path toward IPv6 migration since the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) mandated (PDF file) this past August that the federal government move to IPv6 by June 2008.
In terms of infrastructure for IPv6, the deployment of IPv6-capable DNS (define) services is noted to be one of the first infrastructure components that should be undertaken as part of a deployment plan.
full article: http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3570211