Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-11 Thread Eitan Adler
On 11 November 2012 17:15, Ammar Salih wrote: >They use IP address instead, and it's not always about http applications, how >about VoIP applications, now you need another mechanism? Nothing stops application layer protocols from sharing one mechanism > .. how about detecting your preferred lan

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-11 Thread Eitan Adler
On 10 November 2012 10:05, Ammar Salih wrote: > another good example would be webpage’s language, > my language will be detected more accurately based on my area rather than my > country, This is a very bad idea. There are already mechanisms for determining preferred languages. In many cases peo

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-11 Thread Shane Amante
Ammar, Instead of adding GeoLoc information in an IPv6 Extension Header, you may wish to take a look at past & current attempts to *potentially* encode such information in the DNS. The most recent proposal to do so is the following: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-gersch-dnsop-revdns-cidr-03 T

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-11 Thread Bob Hinden
Ammar, On Nov 10, 2012, at 10:05 AM, Ammar Salih wrote: > Hello IETF, based on my discussions with both ipv6 and geopriv teams, I’ve > written the below document to summarize few ideas. > > Is it possible to publish this on IETF website? even if it will not be > implemented now, at least for d

Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-11 Thread Ammar Salih
Hello IETF, based on my discussions with both ipv6 and geopriv teams, I've written the below document to summarize few ideas. Is it possible to publish this on IETF website? even if it will not be implemented now, at least for documentation and requesting feedback from the community. Many than