While at zNTP and T3 I was directly asked about any upcoming RHEL IPv6
certification, and there were some questions about it during sessions.
For those parties interested, here is the press release we issued today.
Our certification covers Workstation and Server.
-Shawn
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8/5/08
Business Wire
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Receives Department of Defense IPv6 Certification
/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Meets DoD Conformance and Interoperability
Requirements/
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE <http://www.businesswire.com/>)--Red Hat
(NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions,
today announced that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 has received Internet
Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Special Interoperability Certification from
the Defense Information System Agency (DISA) in accordance with the
Department of Defense (DoD) IPv6 Master Test Plan. The certification
demonstrates Red Hat’s ongoing commitment to meeting the growing demands
of government agencies and enterprises as they adapt to the
next-generation Internet.
The DoD IPv6 product certification program began as a mandate from the
DoD’s CIO and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and
Information Integration (ASD-NII) who targeted FY08 as a target IPv6
transition completion date for the DoD. The IPv6 Special
Interoperability Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 was
conducted by the Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC), which
evaluates vendor products and DoD systems as IPv6 Capable.
With the certification, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 has been certified
for the DoD’s Unified Capabilities Approved Products List (UC APL) for
an IPv6 capable Host and Workstation and IPv6 capable Advanced Server.
The certification ensures that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 meets the
DoD’s set of mandated requirements, appropriate to its Product Class,
necessary for it to interoperate with other IPv6 products employed in
DoD IPv6 networks.
“Receiving the DoD’s IPv6 capable certification serves as strong
validation of Red Hat’s ability to deliver solutions that meet demanding
requirements,” said Paul Smith, vice president of Government Operations
at Red Hat. “Our continued support of standards and rigorous testing
means that our federal government customers can confidently and quickly
transition to the next-generation Internet with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.”
For more information on the DoD IPv6 Standards Profiles for IPv6 Capable
Products, or the DoD’s official UC APL for IPv6 Testing Process, visit
http://jitc.fhu.disa.mil/apl/ipv6/pdf/disr_ipv6_product_profile_v2.pdf
or http://jitc.fhu.disa.mil/apl/ipv6/pdf/uc_apl_process_ipv6_v14.pdf,
respectively.
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