----- Original Message ----- From: "Haren Visavadia" <haren@btopenworld.com> To: <ietf@ietf.org> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 1:25 PM Subject: RE: IPv8 is..., what is this? > This is a pointless discussion and this discussion regarding "ipv8" is > out of date. > Out of date ?....2002 or 2911 ? 128-bit DNS AAAA Record Flag Day Format 2002:[IPv4]:[16-bits for the outer header]:[64-bit IPv8 or IPv16 Persistent Address] [YMDD]:[IPv4]:[16-bits for the outer header]:[64-bit IPv8 or IPv16 Persistent Address] The 16-bits for the outer header are... 1-bit to set the "Spare" bit [S] 1-bit to set the Don't Fragment (DF) bit [D] 2-bits to select 1 of 4 common TTL values (255, 127, 31, 7) [LL] 1-bit to set No Options Supported [O] 7-bits to set the Identification Field(dst) [FFFFFFF] 4-bits to set the TOS(dst) Field [TTTT] ...SDLL.OFFF.FFFF.TTTT...0000.0000.0000.0000 (default) ...every 16 years, the net recycles...