Off-list messages that I received indicate to me that I was not taken seriously<br>because I am too modest. I was called a troll and hobbyist. I have in fact a PhD in <br>computer science from INRIA, France. I am now an asst prof. in Turkey. <br>
But I let go my PhD title because my thinking evolved beyond your imagination ;-). <br>Check and support my project (off-list please this is off-topic):<br><br><a href="http://www.content-based-science.org/">http://www.content-based-science.org/</a><br>
<br>What is important is the content. Not the name.<br><br>Now back to our topic. IPng was clearly designed the wrong way. Now read the <br>message again, this is the result of 15 years thinking:<br>-----<br><br>Dear colleagues,<br>
<br>I believe that the next step in IP's evolution would not be IPv6. It would<br>be "Discrete IP" allowing any IP version.<br>I concluded that Discrete IP better respects the end-to-end principles<br>therefore it is economically more viable.<br>
<br>***Do not touch the existing Internet, do not assume that IPv6 is the end of<br>centuries of research.***<br><br>-I propose that we do not touch the core Internet, i.e. enforce the<br>modification of all Internet routers, this is what IPv6 does.<br>
-People should be free to choose the IP version that they wish because<br>deciding for others is a technology blocker. IETF designs IPv6, IETF blocks<br>its development. Because IETF does not give freedom of choice. This is not<br>
normal. Some entities may use IPv6 others IPv4 yet others IPv7 for unknown<br>reasons. Everybody may agree on IPv6, or not. We do not know. We do not<br>have to.<br>-To give such freedom of choice, we need to change the end-nodes, for<br>
example TCP.<br>-This is the end-to-end principle.<br><br>Here is a picture (in this picture we have a network of Internets running<br>random IP versions):<br><a href="http://htmlimg4.scribdassets.com/3798kx3chs1szfhj/images/4-ce35c39dd1.jpg">http://htmlimg4.scribdassets.com/3798kx3chs1szfhj/images/4-ce35c39dd1.jpg</a><br>
The question is:<br>***Would this be the ideal for the Internet? Please discuss this question<br>without entering in design challenges.***<br><br>For more information, see my unpublished paper:<br><br><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/105448105/Discrete-IP">http://www.scribd.com/doc/105448105/Discrete-IP</a><br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Pars<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><a href="http://www.content-based-science.org" target="_blank">http://www.content-based-science.org</a><br><br>