Internet DRAFT - draft-sanoj-ipip
draft-sanoj-ipip
Internet Engineering Task Force S. Kumar, Ed.
Internet-Draft 8 March 2023
Intended status: Informational
Expires: 9 September 2023
InterPlanetary Internet Protocol (IPIP)
draft-sanoj-ipip-00
Abstract
With an exponential increase in the number of devices being connected
to the internet, it is clear that the available address range of
2^128 in IPv6 Protocol would not be sufficient to identify and
exchange information with all the devices in the universe. This
document describes how Internet Protocol addressing standards can be
further enhanced to accommodate a wider scale of network devices.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. IPIP Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Text Representation of IPIP Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. IPIP Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5. Address Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1. Introduction
While the current rate of IPv6 Address allocation gives us plenty of
time to handle the exhaustion problem, the Internet's History has
shown that the address spaces are filled up exponentially.
Scientific advances in Quantum Technology and Inter-space Exploration
further increase the need for a larger addressing method. Therefore,
the Internet Protocol address space must be increased as soon as
possible.
The exact length of the addressing space is assumed to be 256 bits in
this document and requires further expert discussion between IETF,
IANA, and various gods for assessing the exact count of planets and
the number of particles in the universe. However, at the time of
this document's publication, the estimated amount of planets in the
Milky Way Galaxy was approximately 10^55 planets. Assuming the
approximate count of sand particles on Planet Earth (10^22) as an
average baseline for the number of network devices on every planet,
it is evident that Interplanetary adoption of Internet Protocol
requires a larger address space of at least 10^77.
1.1. Requirements Language
The keywords "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals.
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2. IPIP Addressing
IPIP addresses are 256-bit identifiers for network interfaces and
various particles capable of connecting to the Internet. It is
RECOMMENDED that more than one IPIP address SHOULD NOT be assigned
for any network interface or particle in the universe. An exception
MAY be applied for this constraint if, and only if, there is a clear
requirement for assigning multiple IPIP addresses to sub-atomic
particles or if IANA is required to provide more address space for a
more sentient species from other planets.
3. Text Representation of IPIP Addresses
There are two conventional forms for representing an IPIP address as
text strings:
(1) The preferred form is x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x, where the
'x's are one to four hexadecimal digits of the eight 16-bit
pieces of the address.
For Example:
ABCD:EF01:2345:6789:ABCD:EF01:2345:6789:ABCD:EF01:2345:6789:ABCD
:EF01:2345:6789
(2) An alternative form that is more convenient when dealing with
multiple planets and species would be to compress zeros. The
use of "::" indicates one or more groups of 16 bits of zeros.
The "::" can only appear once in an address. The "::" can also
be used to compress leading or trailing zeros in an address.
For Example, the following address
ABCD:EF01:0000:0000:ABCD:EF01:2345:6789:ABCD:EF01:2345:6789:ABCD
:EF01:2345:6789
may be represented as
ABCD:EF01::ABCD:EF01:2345:6789:ABCD:EF01:2345:6789:ABCD:EF01:234
5:6789
4. IPIP Routing
There should be little to no impact on routing using 256-bit
addresses considering the exponential processor and memory technology
advancements. It is RECOMMENDED that network routes for planet-
specific IPIP addresses are not broadcast to other planets outside of
the origin planet to avoid network congestion in the Universal
Internet. Any rogue network routes which don't follow this
constraint are REQUIRED to have the Security Flag [RFC3514] set with
a value of 0x1 to indicate malicious intent to other devices on the
network.
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5. Address Allocation
The 256-bit addresses would be obsolete once more planets are
discovered and hence it is RECOMMENDED that an IPIP address be
allocated to a network interface/particle if, and only if, there is a
clear requirement to communicate with other network interface/
particle.
Allocation of an IPIP Addresses would be at the sole discretion of
IANA based on a Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG). To ensure
that IPIP address space is conserved, it is RECOMMENDED that IANA
performs a Coin-Toss check to ensure address integrity before
allocating any address to the requesting entity. IPIP Address space
can be further conserved by using Quantum Entanglement where a single
IPIP address can be shared between one or more particles.
6. IANA Considerations
This document has no IANA actions.
7. Security Considerations
This document should not affect the security of the Internet since
all network devices using IPIP addresses is REQUIRED to be in
conformance with [RFC3514] for added security.
8. References
8.1. Normative References
[RFC3514] Bellovin, S., "The Security Flag in the IPv4 Header",
RFC 3514, DOI 10.17487/RFC3514, April 2003,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3514>.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
8.2. Informative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
Author's Address
Sanoj Kumar (editor)
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Phone: +917639661040
Email: hello@sanoj.io
URI: https://sanoj.io/
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