Re: Fwd: Alternative Re: ipv4/25s and above Re: 202212010732.AYC Re: 202211220729.AYC

2022-12-05 Thread Tom Beecher
Nothing you have said has changed my thoughts or opinions on this proposal.
It still has many direct technical deficiencies , not to mention continuing
to rely on a status change of 240/4, of which there is no forward movement
on actually happening.

I no longer have interest in continuing the conversation because you have
generally replied with hand waved 'solutions' to issues pointed out by many
people who know what they are talking about, and there's no reason to think
that will change.

So again, best of luck to you with this endeavor.

On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 10:36 PM Abraham Y. Chen  wrote:

> Dear Mr. Beecher:
>
> 0) Thanks for your reply to close the loop.
>
> 1)" I don't have any interest in continuing this discussion on this
> topic.":I am quite surprised by your nearly 180 degree turn of your
> position from your last MSG. The only thing that I could think of is
> that my last MSG provided the missing information that made the
> difference. I would appreciate very much if you could confirm.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Abe (2022-12-02 22:35 EST)
>
>
>
> On 2022-12-01 16:34, Tom Beecher wrote:
> > Mr. Chen-
> >
> > I don't have any interest in continuing this discussion on this topic.
> > Best of luck to you.
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 7:44 AM Abraham Y. Chen 
> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Tom:
> >
> > Have not heard from you since the below MSG. Could you please let me
> > know if you have seen it, so that we can carry on by avoiding the
> > repeated open-loop situation with this thread?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > Abe (2022-12-01 07:44 EST)
> >
> >
> > On 2022-11-22 23:23, Abraham Y. Chen wrote:
> > > Dear Tom:  Please disregard an earlier partial transmission of
> > > this MSG, caused by operator error. ***
> > >
> > > 1) One look at the NANOG archive that you retrieved tells me
> > that we
> > > are the victims of the idiosyncrasies of the eMail system. Unlike
> > > snail mails that are slow but reliable (There was a story that USPS
> > > found a forty years old letter stuck in one of the mail collection
> > > boxes on Boston sidewalk and then delivered it.), eMails are fast
> > > (Once my eMail monitoring account started to receive a long message
> > > that I was sending out, even before it was fully sent.) but
> > > unpredictable from time to time. Unfortunately, most of us are
> > > conditioned with its daily behavior and do not suspect the
> > electronic
> > > system hiccups (As Andrew Grove once said, "It is the software, not
> > > the hardware."). To deal with this kind of issues in none-real-time
> > > communications, I practice a discipline, started from VM and
> > FAX, that
> > > I will do my best to respond within 24 hours. I encourage my
> > > colleagues to start reminding me (either repeat the MSG or using
> > > alternative channels, such as SkyPe - My handle is
> > "Abraham.Y.Chen"),
> > > if they do not hear from me after 48 hours on topics that they
> > expect
> > > my response. This convention prevented much of the disruptions.
> > > Looking at your comments, I definitely would have responded back
> > then
> > > if I saw them. One possibility is that I was in the midst of being
> > > overwhelmed by NANOG posting protocols, such as the digest mode,
> > > uni-code, personal writing styles, etc. and miseed your MSG.
> > Anyway,
> > > allow me to try carrying on.
> > >
> > > 2)   "...Your proposal appears to rely on a specific value in
> > the IP
> > > option header to create your overlay": Not really, as soon
> > as the
> > > 100.64/10 netblock is replaced by the 240/4, each CG-NAT module can
> > > serve a very large area (such as Tokyo Metro and such) that becomes
> > > the RAN in EzIP terminology. Since each RAN is tethered from the
> > > existing Internet core by an umbilical cord operating on one IPv4
> > > public address, this is like a kite floating in the sky which is
> > the
> > > basic building block for the overlaying EzIP Sub-Internet when they
> > > expand wide enough to begin covering significant areas of the
> > world.
> > > Note that throughout this entire process, the Option Word
> > mechanism in
> > > the IP header does not need be used at all. (It turns out that
> > > utilizing the CG-NAT configuration as the EzIP deployment
> > vehicle, the
> > > only time that the Option Word may be used is when subscribers
> > in two
> > > separate RANs wishing to have end-to-end communication, such as
> > direct
> > > private eMail exchanges.)
> > >
> > > 3) " ... to drop any packet with an IP option set that you don't
> > > explicitly want because a significant number of routers kick every
> > > packet with options to CPU, ... ": Yes, this was what we were
> > reminded
> > > of when we started our stu

Re: Fwd: Alternative Re: ipv4/25s and above Re: 202212010732.AYC Re: 202211220729.AYC

2022-12-02 Thread Abraham Y. Chen

Dear Mr. Beecher:

0) Thanks for your reply to close the loop.

1)    " I don't have any interest in continuing this discussion on this 
topic.":    I am quite surprised by your nearly 180 degree turn of your 
position from your last MSG. The only thing that I could think of is 
that my last MSG provided the missing information that made the 
difference. I would appreciate very much if you could confirm.


Regards,


Abe (2022-12-02 22:35 EST)



On 2022-12-01 16:34, Tom Beecher wrote:

Mr. Chen-

I don't have any interest in continuing this discussion on this topic. 
Best of luck to you.


On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 7:44 AM Abraham Y. Chen  wrote:

Dear Tom:

Have not heard from you since the below MSG. Could you please let me
know if you have seen it, so that we can carry on by avoiding the
repeated open-loop situation with this thread?

Regards,


Abe (2022-12-01 07:44 EST)


On 2022-11-22 23:23, Abraham Y. Chen wrote:
> Dear Tom:  Please disregard an earlier partial transmission of
> this MSG, caused by operator error. ***
>
> 1) One look at the NANOG archive that you retrieved tells me
that we
> are the victims of the idiosyncrasies of the eMail system. Unlike
> snail mails that are slow but reliable (There was a story that USPS
> found a forty years old letter stuck in one of the mail collection
> boxes on Boston sidewalk and then delivered it.), eMails are fast
> (Once my eMail monitoring account started to receive a long message
> that I was sending out, even before it was fully sent.) but
> unpredictable from time to time. Unfortunately, most of us are
> conditioned with its daily behavior and do not suspect the
electronic
> system hiccups (As Andrew Grove once said, "It is the software, not
> the hardware."). To deal with this kind of issues in none-real-time
> communications, I practice a discipline, started from VM and
FAX, that
> I will do my best to respond within 24 hours. I encourage my
> colleagues to start reminding me (either repeat the MSG or using
> alternative channels, such as SkyPe - My handle is
"Abraham.Y.Chen"),
> if they do not hear from me after 48 hours on topics that they
expect
> my response. This convention prevented much of the disruptions.
> Looking at your comments, I definitely would have responded back
then
> if I saw them. One possibility is that I was in the midst of being
> overwhelmed by NANOG posting protocols, such as the digest mode,
> uni-code, personal writing styles, etc. and miseed your MSG.
Anyway,
> allow me to try carrying on.
>
> 2)   "...Your proposal appears to rely on a specific value in
the IP
> option header to create your overlay": Not really, as soon
as the
> 100.64/10 netblock is replaced by the 240/4, each CG-NAT module can
> serve a very large area (such as Tokyo Metro and such) that becomes
> the RAN in EzIP terminology. Since each RAN is tethered from the
> existing Internet core by an umbilical cord operating on one IPv4
> public address, this is like a kite floating in the sky which is
the
> basic building block for the overlaying EzIP Sub-Internet when they
> expand wide enough to begin covering significant areas of the
world.
> Note that throughout this entire process, the Option Word
mechanism in
> the IP header does not need be used at all. (It turns out that
> utilizing the CG-NAT configuration as the EzIP deployment
vehicle, the
> only time that the Option Word may be used is when subscribers
in two
> separate RANs wishing to have end-to-end communication, such as
direct
> private eMail exchanges.)
>
> 3) " ... to drop any packet with an IP option set that you don't
> explicitly want because a significant number of routers kick every
> packet with options to CPU, ... ": Yes, this was what we were
reminded
> of when we started our study. However, this appears to be another
> Internet myth. Dr. Chimiak of the EnIP project (see EzIP Draft's
> Refernce 13) told me that his team had successfully sent packets
with
> Option Words. Again, even if the existing routers do knock out
packs
> with Option words, the overlay architecture of the RANs allows the
> search for those do allow this operation. Since the use of the
Option
> Word turns out to be an option to superceed IPv4's capabilities, we
> should treat it as a consideration for future premium services.
>
> 4) " ...Any device that still treated 240/4 differently would
need to
> be updated to treat it like anything else. .. ": Yes, this
applies to
> regions that desire to enjoy the EzIP characteristics. Since the
root
> of each RAN (or sub-RAN) still appears to be one of the current
CG-NAT
> modules, there is no change can be detected 

Re: Fwd: Alternative Re: ipv4/25s and above Re: 202212010732.AYC Re: 202211220729.AYC

2022-12-01 Thread Tom Beecher
Mr. Chen-

I don't have any interest in continuing this discussion on this topic. Best
of luck to you.

On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 7:44 AM Abraham Y. Chen  wrote:

> Dear Tom:
>
> Have not heard from you since the below MSG. Could you please let me
> know if you have seen it, so that we can carry on by avoiding the
> repeated open-loop situation with this thread?
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Abe (2022-12-01 07:44 EST)
>
>
> On 2022-11-22 23:23, Abraham Y. Chen wrote:
> > Dear Tom:  Please disregard an earlier partial transmission of
> > this MSG, caused by operator error. ***
> >
> > 1) One look at the NANOG archive that you retrieved tells me that we
> > are the victims of the idiosyncrasies of the eMail system. Unlike
> > snail mails that are slow but reliable (There was a story that USPS
> > found a forty years old letter stuck in one of the mail collection
> > boxes on Boston sidewalk and then delivered it.), eMails are fast
> > (Once my eMail monitoring account started to receive a long message
> > that I was sending out, even before it was fully sent.) but
> > unpredictable from time to time. Unfortunately, most of us are
> > conditioned with its daily behavior and do not suspect the electronic
> > system hiccups (As Andrew Grove once said, "It is the software, not
> > the hardware."). To deal with this kind of issues in none-real-time
> > communications, I practice a discipline, started from VM and FAX, that
> > I will do my best to respond within 24 hours. I encourage my
> > colleagues to start reminding me (either repeat the MSG or using
> > alternative channels, such as SkyPe - My handle is "Abraham.Y.Chen"),
> > if they do not hear from me after 48 hours on topics that they expect
> > my response. This convention prevented much of the disruptions.
> > Looking at your comments, I definitely would have responded back then
> > if I saw them. One possibility is that I was in the midst of being
> > overwhelmed by NANOG posting protocols, such as the digest mode,
> > uni-code, personal writing styles, etc. and miseed your MSG. Anyway,
> > allow me to try carrying on.
> >
> > 2)   "...Your proposal appears to rely on a specific value in the IP
> > option header to create your overlay": Not really, as soon as the
> > 100.64/10 netblock is replaced by the 240/4, each CG-NAT module can
> > serve a very large area (such as Tokyo Metro and such) that becomes
> > the RAN in EzIP terminology. Since each RAN is tethered from the
> > existing Internet core by an umbilical cord operating on one IPv4
> > public address, this is like a kite floating in the sky which is the
> > basic building block for the overlaying EzIP Sub-Internet when they
> > expand wide enough to begin covering significant areas of the world.
> > Note that throughout this entire process, the Option Word mechanism in
> > the IP header does not need be used at all. (It turns out that
> > utilizing the CG-NAT configuration as the EzIP deployment vehicle, the
> > only time that the Option Word may be used is when subscribers in two
> > separate RANs wishing to have end-to-end communication, such as direct
> > private eMail exchanges.)
> >
> > 3) " ... to drop any packet with an IP option set that you don't
> > explicitly want because a significant number of routers kick every
> > packet with options to CPU, ... ": Yes, this was what we were reminded
> > of when we started our study. However, this appears to be another
> > Internet myth. Dr. Chimiak of the EnIP project (see EzIP Draft's
> > Refernce 13) told me that his team had successfully sent packets with
> > Option Words. Again, even if the existing routers do knock out packs
> > with Option words, the overlay architecture of the RANs allows the
> > search for those do allow this operation. Since the use of the Option
> > Word turns out to be an option to superceed IPv4's capabilities, we
> > should treat it as a consideration for future premium services.
> >
> > 4) " ...Any device that still treated 240/4 differently would need to
> > be updated to treat it like anything else. .. ": Yes, this applies to
> > regions that desire to enjoy the EzIP characteristics. Since the root
> > of each RAN (or sub-RAN) still appears to be one of the current CG-NAT
> > modules, there is no change can be detected by other CG-NAT modules.
> > This avoids interoperability issues during the incremental deployment.
> >
> > 5) "  ...Any existing filters that dropped packets with *any* IP
> > option set would have to be modified to permit the ones you define for
> > EzIP":  Since EzIP is not going to activate Option Words initially
> > for enhancing the CG-NAT, this should not be a concern. In the future,
> > inter-RAN communication by subscribers would use Option words. But, by
> > that time, finite number of backbone / gateway routers among RANs
> > capable of preserving Option Words would have been identified. This
> > approach takes advantage of the hierarchical network configuration
> > that CG-NAT has already

Re: Fwd: Alternative Re: ipv4/25s and above Re: 202212010732.AYC Re: 202211220729.AYC

2022-12-01 Thread Abraham Y. Chen

Dear Tom:

Have not heard from you since the below MSG. Could you please let me 
know if you have seen it, so that we can carry on by avoiding the 
repeated open-loop situation with this thread?


Regards,


Abe (2022-12-01 07:44 EST)


On 2022-11-22 23:23, Abraham Y. Chen wrote:
Dear Tom:  Please disregard an earlier partial transmission of 
this MSG, caused by operator error. ***


1) One look at the NANOG archive that you retrieved tells me that we 
are the victims of the idiosyncrasies of the eMail system. Unlike 
snail mails that are slow but reliable (There was a story that USPS 
found a forty years old letter stuck in one of the mail collection 
boxes on Boston sidewalk and then delivered it.), eMails are fast 
(Once my eMail monitoring account started to receive a long message 
that I was sending out, even before it was fully sent.) but 
unpredictable from time to time. Unfortunately, most of us are 
conditioned with its daily behavior and do not suspect the electronic 
system hiccups (As Andrew Grove once said, "It is the software, not 
the hardware."). To deal with this kind of issues in none-real-time 
communications, I practice a discipline, started from VM and FAX, that 
I will do my best to respond within 24 hours. I encourage my 
colleagues to start reminding me (either repeat the MSG or using 
alternative channels, such as SkyPe - My handle is "Abraham.Y.Chen"), 
if they do not hear from me after 48 hours on topics that they expect 
my response. This convention prevented much of the disruptions. 
Looking at your comments, I definitely would have responded back then 
if I saw them. One possibility is that I was in the midst of being 
overwhelmed by NANOG posting protocols, such as the digest mode, 
uni-code, personal writing styles, etc. and miseed your MSG. Anyway, 
allow me to try carrying on.


2)   "...Your proposal appears to rely on a specific value in the IP 
option header to create your overlay": Not really, as soon as the 
100.64/10 netblock is replaced by the 240/4, each CG-NAT module can 
serve a very large area (such as Tokyo Metro and such) that becomes 
the RAN in EzIP terminology. Since each RAN is tethered from the 
existing Internet core by an umbilical cord operating on one IPv4 
public address, this is like a kite floating in the sky which is the 
basic building block for the overlaying EzIP Sub-Internet when they 
expand wide enough to begin covering significant areas of the world. 
Note that throughout this entire process, the Option Word mechanism in 
the IP header does not need be used at all. (It turns out that 
utilizing the CG-NAT configuration as the EzIP deployment vehicle, the 
only time that the Option Word may be used is when subscribers in two 
separate RANs wishing to have end-to-end communication, such as direct 
private eMail exchanges.)


3) " ... to drop any packet with an IP option set that you don't 
explicitly want because a significant number of routers kick every 
packet with options to CPU, ... ": Yes, this was what we were reminded 
of when we started our study. However, this appears to be another 
Internet myth. Dr. Chimiak of the EnIP project (see EzIP Draft's 
Refernce 13) told me that his team had successfully sent packets with 
Option Words. Again, even if the existing routers do knock out packs 
with Option words, the overlay architecture of the RANs allows the 
search for those do allow this operation. Since the use of the Option 
Word turns out to be an option to superceed IPv4's capabilities, we 
should treat it as a consideration for future premium services.


4) " ...Any device that still treated 240/4 differently would need to 
be updated to treat it like anything else. .. ": Yes, this applies to 
regions that desire to enjoy the EzIP characteristics. Since the root 
of each RAN (or sub-RAN) still appears to be one of the current CG-NAT 
modules, there is no change can be detected by other CG-NAT modules. 
This avoids interoperability issues during the incremental deployment.


5) "  ...Any existing filters that dropped packets with *any* IP 
option set would have to be modified to permit the ones you define for 
EzIP":  Since EzIP is not going to activate Option Words initially 
for enhancing the CG-NAT, this should not be a concern. In the future, 
inter-RAN communication by subscribers would use Option words. But, by 
that time, finite number of backbone / gateway routers among RANs 
capable of preserving Option Words would have been identified. This 
approach takes advantage of the hierarchical network configuration 
that CG-NAT has already been practicing implicitly.


6) "... ( At one point in the past, one big router vendor only allowed 
you to configure an ip-options filter based on the IANA defined 
values, not others. ) ...": Well, you are talking about the overly 
intertwined relationship between one big roouter vendor and the IANA 
which is sponsored by the former. So, this is not a technical but a 
"busniess" i