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Re: IPv6 Ignorance
From: Cutler James R <james.cutler () consultant com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:07:15 -0400
On Sep 18, 2012, at 12:57 PM, Jason Baugher <jason () thebaughers com> wrote:
On 9/18/2012 11:47 AM, Cutler James R wrote:On Sep 18, 2012, at 12:38 PM, Jason Baugher <jason () thebaughers com> wrote:What about network-based objects outside of our orbit? If we're talking about IPv6 in the long-term, I think we have to assume we'll have networked devices on the moon or at other locations in space. JasonPractical considerations (mostly latency issues) tend to minimize real-time point-to-point connections in these scenarios. I would expect that messaging/relay gateways would play a significant role in Really-Wide Area Networking. This would move inter-networking largely to an application layer, not the network layer. Thus, worrying about Layer 3 addressing limits is probably moot and just a fun waste of NANOG list bandwidth. James R. Cutler james.cutler () consultant comConsidering the rather extensive discussion on this list of using quantum entanglement as a possible future communications medium that would nearly eliminate latency, I don't see how my comment is moot or a waste. Jason
Recent work (http://www.quantum.at/quest) has not yet established success over interplanetary distances. Other recent results from aircraft (http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/136312-first-air-to-ground-quantum-network-created-transmits-quantum-crypto-keys) show throughput results in relatively small bits per second. I'll reserve retraction for another year or so.
Current thread:
- Re: IPv6 Ignorance, (continued)
- Re: IPv6 Ignorance Eugen Leitl (Sep 17)
- RE: IPv6 Ignorance Blake Pfankuch (Sep 17)
- Re: IPv6 Ignorance Owen DeLong (Sep 17)
- Re: IPv6 Ignorance joel jaeggli (Sep 17)
- Re: IPv6 Ignorance Owen DeLong (Sep 17)
- RE: IPv6 Ignorance Beeman, Davis (Sep 18)
- Re: IPv6 Ignorance Dan Wood (Sep 18)
- Re: IPv6 Ignorance Jason Baugher (Sep 18)
- Re: IPv6 Ignorance Cutler James R (Sep 18)
- Re: IPv6 Ignorance Jason Baugher (Sep 18)
- Re: IPv6 Ignorance Cutler James R (Sep 18)
- Re: IPv6 Ignorance Jason Baugher (Sep 18)
- Re: IPv6 Ignorance Eugen Leitl (Sep 18)
- Re: IPv6 Ignorance Joe Hamelin (Sep 18)
- Re: IPv6 Ignorance Cutler James R (Sep 18)
- Re: IPv6 Ignorance Owen DeLong (Sep 18)
- Re: IPv6 Ignorance Owen DeLong (Sep 18)
- RE: IPv6 Ignorance Beeman, Davis (Sep 17)
- Re: IPv6 Ignorance Masataka Ohta (Sep 17)
- Re: IPv6 Ignorance Owen DeLong (Sep 17)
- Re: IPv6 Ignorance Masataka Ohta (Sep 17)