[156452] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPv6 Ignorance
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cutler James R)
Tue Sep 18 13:08:19 2012
From: Cutler James R <james.cutler@consultant.com>
In-Reply-To: <5058A7FE.2070107@thebaughers.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:07:15 -0400
To: Jason Baugher <jason@thebaughers.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
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.
>>>=20
>>> Jason
>> Practical 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.
>>=20
>>=20
>> James R. Cutler
>> james.cutler@consultant.com
>>=20
> Considering 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.
>=20
> 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-net=
work-created-transmits-quantum-crypto-keys) show throughput results in =
relatively small bits per second. I'll reserve retraction for another =
year or so.=
