WAVV Requirement Form

 

Date: 3/28/2006                                            Requirement #:  WAVV200618

Product Name:           VM TCP/IP Stack            Product Release# (or state “current”): Current

Vendor Name:           IBM

 

Title: (Paraphrase problem in a single statement)Incorporate IPv6 Support in Standard Apps

Detailed Problem Description: (Description of what you want changed - 400 character entry limit)

 

Add IPv6 Support to current TCP/IP client and server applications supplied with VM TCP/IP suite. 

                                                                                            

Priority: (Select one: Urgent - High - Medium - Low) High

Requested Completion Date: (When? Examples: 3 months, 1 year, Next Release) by end 2008

Requirement Type: (Select one: Acceptability - Compatibility/Migration - Ease of Use - Feature/Function - Performance - Reliability/Availability/Serviceability - Packaging - Interoperability)

Interoperability

Business Justification: (Why? Non-technical business case description. Do not reword Detailed Problem Description from above. What are the benefits to be gained by your company, and the vendor and others?  Quantify: run time, dollars, manpower, etc.   Why should the vendor do this for the customer?)

 

By end of 2008, the US federal government will require agencies doing business with them to support IPv6-based transmissions. None of the current VM TCP clients or servers support IPv6 transports, and the VM TCPIP stack does not perform PAT or protocol translation. For VM TCP to remain viable, the applications must support IPv6.

Solution: (Optional)(Desired/undesired elements Note: Making a suggestion may limit a vendors ability to deliver a solution)

 

     

Impact: (Optional) (How will your company’s business be affected if a solution is not delivered?)

 

VM TCP based solutions will be excluded from federal contracts/sites as non-conformant.

 

Company Name: Sine Nomine Associates                                                                 

Author Name:            David Boyes                           Author Title: President/CTO

Author Address:             43596 Blacksmith Square, Ashburn VA 20147

Author E-mail:            dboyes@sinenomine.net

Telephone:                 (703) 7236673