Why would this be any easier to deploy than IPv6? The problem with IPv6 deployment is that it requires a change across the infrastructure. Adding 1 byte is no easier than adding 12. This proposal loses the ability to aggregate routes and is thus completely impractical. And in any case, EUI48 MAC addresses will run out at some point in the not too distant future which is why modern protocols are using EUI64 addresses. On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 6:52 AM, Dmitry Zaitsev<zsoftua@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > a compromise between IPv4 and IPv6: > > draft-zaitsev-e6-network-00.txt > > the gist : IP address is extended up to 6 octets and put directly into MAC-address field of Ethernet frame > > the zest : Ethernet LLC2 is used instead of TCP > > the best : no address mapping, enlargement in 16K times, headers cut off > > DAZE > > Sincerely yours, > > Dmitry Zaitsev > http://www.geocities.com/zsoftua > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > -- -- New Website: http://hallambaker.com/ View Quantum of Stupid podcasts, Tuesday and Thursday each week, http://quantumofstupid.com/ _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf