[rrg] Summary of architectural solution space

[William Herrin]

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Teco Boot <teco at inf-net.nl> wrote:
> / RFC 1887 4.4.2 is obviously not functional with *currently deployed
> / network stacks*. It would need the kind of software described in
> / strategy B or H in order to be viable. Or do you disagree?
>
> It depends.

Hi Teco,

If it's conditionally functional and the conditions aren't met then
it's not functional. Right?


> / I vacillated on that for a while and eventually came down on the side
> / of calling it a different strategy. I think if the difference was
> / truly minor, IPv6 would have worked out a whole lot better than it
> / has.
>
> Maybe this can be corrected.
> Do you really think the Internet would work a whole lot better if we go for
> this strategy?
> I am with you!!

In my opinion, IPv6 layer 3 is salvageable intact for a strategy B
system, but layer 4 (TCP, UDP) will prove to be inadequate. Time will
tell.


Regards,
Bill Herrin



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