IPAE: The SIPP Interoperability and Transition Mechanism
draft-ietf-sipp-ipae-transition-00
| Document | Type |
Expired Internet-Draft
(sipp WG)
Expired & archived
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| Authors | Bob Hinden , Robert E. Gilligan , Erik Nordmark | ||
| Last updated | 1994-03-16 | ||
| RFC stream | Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) | ||
| Intended RFC status | (None) | ||
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| Additional resources | parcftp.xerox.com%3A%20pub/sipp | ||
| Stream | WG state | WG Document | |
| Document shepherd | (None) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | Expired | |
| Consensus boilerplate | Unknown | ||
| Telechat date | (None) | ||
| Responsible AD | (None) | ||
| Send notices to | (None) |
This Internet-Draft is no longer active. A copy of the expired Internet-Draft is available in these formats:
Abstract
The Internet is experiencing growing pains. The phenomenal success of TCP/IP -- the exponential growth in the size of the global IP-connected Internet and the ever increasing number of systems deployed on isolated networks running the Internet protocols -- is likely to bring about two serious problems in the near future. First, since the IP routing system has little hierarchical structure it may not scale much above its current size. Secondly, since the 32-bit IP address space is assigned in an inefficient manner, it may be exhausted within a few years. These problems have given rise to a number of proposals for revising the Internet Protocol. SIPP -- the Simple Internet Protocol Plus -- is one proposal for a next generation Internet Protocol. If SIPP, or any next generation IP, is to be successful, it must provide an easy mechanism by which hosts and routers implementing the new protocol can continue to interoperate with systems using the existing IP version. Also, there must be mechanism to transition the Internet to the new protocol without disrupting operation of the Internet.
Authors
Bob Hinden
Robert E. Gilligan
Erik Nordmark
(Note: The e-mail addresses provided for the authors of this Internet-Draft may no longer be valid.)