I'll soon be publishing draft-kristoff-ipv8bis-00, I think a major improvement over draft-thain-ipv8-00 that is EVEN MORE backwards compatible with IPv4.

TL;DR

Rather than prepending the r.r.r.r bits in the source and destination address fields, I instead tunnel IPv4 in IPv4, which conveniently maintains IP version compatibility (IPv4 + IPv4 = IPv8).

Rather than encode ASNs into the address, preserving routing policy, ASNs remain fully modular. Instead, an ASN reserves at least one IP4 address to act as the IP8 tunnel endpoint.

The outer encapsulation is what maintains real backwards compatibility. It is IP4 and forwarded with really zero changes to IP4 hosts and routers. The inner IPv4 addressing can be whatever 32-bit addresses you want. You don't even need an ASN if you don't have one!

Side benefit, the more IPv4 you have, the more IPv8 you have. Buy, buy, buy! Capitalism baby!

Anyway, I have my AI model working on the final spec now.

"You are a senior network architect with protocol design expertise, write an Internet draft for ipv8bis making sure to cite RFC 2003"

Gofundme campaign coming soon.

#IPv8

Weekend Reads

* Registrar domain name risks
https://weis2026.econinfosec.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2026/05/WEIS2026_paper_9.pdf
* RIPE legacy address space analysis
https://labs.ripe.net/author/qasim-lone/legacy-out-of-contract/
* IAB workshop report on network management
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9968.html
* How browsers render big sites differently
https://denodell.com/blog/browsers-treat-big-sites-differently
* Stale DNS mappings in alternative namespaces
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.06880

#DNS #RIPE #NetworkManagement #Chrome #Safari #Mozilla

RE: https://mastodon.social/@botgov/116573597974685846

nco is an exec office name, specifically the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Unsure what nco stands for, no content on a web page as of now.

When Mastodon Collections are more widely rolled out I'll plan to make at least one.

I had created a net/sec ops/rd list a few years ago. It is out of date. Obviously and sadly so when you see who was the first to add themself to the list after me.

Feel free to add yourself to the original list if you want and don't despise a Google form enough. Looking forward to the collections feature.

https://forms.gle/juCZpYEx6xwNb7z27

RIP Fearghas.

Every so often ideas come along that are sufficiently deserving of ridicule and derision, this is one of those times:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-build-ipv8-the-next-generation-of-the-internet

RE: https://mastodon.social/@hughsie/116560947943486651

Linux firmware update manager (fwupd) developer/maintainer: