Don't forget that the low 8 bytes are not always ramdomly choosed and that having a rigid format for the packet is cute because the routers can handle the packets more faster, and so, it results in an increased bandwidth....
> -----Message d'origine----- > De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]De la part de Jim Fleming > Envoy� : lundi 3 d�cembre 2001 15:40 > � : Brian E Carpenter; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Objet : Re: "one true protocol" > > > When you design protocols with 128 bit address fields, and then you > proceed to place non-routable, random numbers, in the right-most 64 bits > of each field, that results in 16 bytes of the 40 byte header > being wasted. > Those wasted bytes help to slow networks down and increase the need > for bandwidth. Such protocols will not likely be desired by people who > pay for bandwidth and people who like performance computing. While > such designs might be interesting academic exercises, and might be useful > in landing large government grants based on some artificial need for more > bandwidth, they are not considered engineering progress for the commercial > sector which builds networks that real people use in everyday > life, especially > in the United States of America. > > Jim Fleming > http://www.IPv8.info > IPv16....One Better !! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian E Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 3:53 AM > Subject: Re: "one true protocol" > > > > Yes, it is really slow to filter out stuff with the string "Jim Fleming" > > in the message body. > > > > Brian > > > > Pekka Savola wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Please keep Jim Fleming in Cc: in threads initiated by Mr. > Fleming. That > > > way our filters have better chance of "storing" these threads to where > > > they belong to. > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List > > IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng > > FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng > > Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List > IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng > FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng > Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
