First router for IPv6

Juniper Networks, Inc. has announced that its M and T series routers are the first certified routers in the List of Internet Protocol-compatible products version 6 (IPv6). US Department of Defense office.

The secretariat of the US Defense Information Agency (OSD-NII) has declared that all program managers of the Ministry of Defense Office must purchase products from IPv6 APL, complying with instructions. In general, it is the defense organizations that have to convert the backbone network from IPv4 to IPv6, the new generation Internet protocol, in 2008.

Special interoperability certification is compatible with IPv6 of Juniper Networks products issued by the Department of Defense's Interoperability Test Steering Committee (JITC), which recognizes data analysis and control Try and evaluate M-T series routers for interoperability and compliance with IPv6 requirements.

IPv6 APL complies with the Requirements Requirements prepared by the Bureau of Technology Standards and Organization of Internet Technical Operations (under DOD). Certification is valid for 3 years or until major changes occur on Internet protocols.

Juniper Networks M and T series line routers have been tested using the Common Test Plan (GTP) on DOD's IPv6, the specialized testing and process division for products. IPv6 is related or connected to the Global Information Network. Product interoperability is defined as 'the ability to exchange and use information, often in a large heterogeneous network made up of many other local networks .'