Hello, Please find the following Internet Draft on generating an IPv6 interface id from a human name. The main idea is that human name is easy to remember, and consequently I can construct your IPv6 address if I know you, and I can reach you (in some cases).
http://www.freewebs.com/pmutaf/draft-mutaf-ipv6humid-00.txt I would very much appreciate your comments, if any. Regards, Pars Mutaf On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 13:35 +0200, Pars Mutaf wrote: > Hello, > > Is there a standard way of constructing > an interface ID from human name? > > I would like to configure an interface ID > hash(ParsMutaf| 1) and if it collides > hash(ParsMutaf| 2) etc.. > > You can try reach or locate me > by sending a packet to (please do not > hesitate): > > subnetprefix | hash(ParsMutaf| 1) or > subnetprefix | hash(ParsMutaf| 2) > > Is there a standard way of doing this? > For example there should be space between > first and last name? etc. > > Any comments? Pointers? Thank you. > > Regards, > > Pars Mutaf > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > ipv6@ietf.org > Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
