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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
Coverage of Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in the Nexus archive.
- Veteran network architect proposes IPv8 – to improve IPv4, not leapfrog v6
Veteran network architect James Thain proposes IPv8 to improve IPv4, expanding its address space without requiring upgrades or migration to IPv6. The draft protocol aims to resolve IPv4 exhaustion and unify network management while maintaining backward compatibility. Thain hopes to crowdfund work to create a testbed for his ideas.