Re: IPV6 over social networking

["Buhrmaster, Gary" <gtb () slac stanford edu>]

> Speaking of IPV6, are you aware that there is an RFP defining how to
> route IPV6 packets over Facebook and other social networking
> applications?
>
> It's true.   RFC 5514 was authored by Eric Vyncke - who it should be
> obvious by this point is certifiable at the best of times - in one of
> his less medicated moments.  You can install the facebook IPV6 Router
> application and merrily pass packets with your friends at a speed just
> slightly slower than transcribing them by hand and tying them to the
> legs of pigeons.

Before RFC 5514 moves to the next stage, I suspect that it may
need to address modifications to RFC 2581 (congestion control)
to deal with the fail whale.

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