networking, protocol (IPv6, IPng, IP next generation) The
most viable candidate to replace the current
InternetProtocol. The primary purpose of IPv6 is to solve the
The following features have been purposed: 16-byte addresses
instead of the current four bytes; embedded
encryption - a
initialisation vector in
packet headers; user
flow ID field in headers to denote voice or video, etc.
One possible solution is based on the
TUBA protocol (RFC
1347, 1526, 1561) which is itself based on the
OSI(RFC 1475) which changes
TCP and
UDP headers to give a
sequence number.
["Doubts About IPng could create TCP/IP chaos", Johna Till
Johnson, Data Communications, Nov 1994].
(1995-04-03)