RE: [Geopriv] Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-22 Thread Ammar Salih
You can probably get a *hint* about my location from an IP lookup. You can definitely not be certain my location Well, with the new draft, you can do the same, location accuracy can be tweaked to reflect city only, or city and region..etc. it tells me the correct *country* for the IP.

RE: [Geopriv] Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-22 Thread Ammar Salih
Dears, I can see almost everyone agrees to that the RIR info is not accurate and in many cases is incorrect, so why the hassle of assigning wrong locations? And why developers are building their applications based on incorrect information. And frankly speaking, I don't agree to *sending wrong

RE: [Geopriv] Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-21 Thread Ammar Salih
Salih Cc: 'John Pickens (jopicken)'; geop...@ietf.org; ipv6@ietf.org; 'Fred Baker (fred)' Subject: Re: [Geopriv] Adding GPS location to IPv6 header In message 50abfe21.82da0e0a.5c65.9...@mx.google.com, Ammar Salih writes: As to this schema mentioned below, embedding location info in packet

RE: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-20 Thread Ammar Salih
things that will work for awhile. Thanks, Ammar -Original Message- From: John Day [mailto:jeanj...@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 2:39 AM To: Eitan Adler; Ammar Salih Cc: geop...@ietf.org; ipv6@ietf.org Subject: Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header It has been

RE: [Geopriv] Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-20 Thread Ammar Salih
) [mailto:jopic...@cisco.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 11:48 PM To: Carl Reed; Richard L. Barnes Cc: geop...@ietf.org; ipv6@ietf.org; Ammar Salih; Fred Baker (fred) Subject: RE: [Geopriv] Adding GPS location to IPv6 header I've been monitoring this thread. In the IETF the objective

RE: [Geopriv] Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-20 Thread Ammar Salih
it! Thanks, Ammar -Original Message- From: Richard L. Barnes [mailto:rbar...@bbn.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 9:50 PM To: Ammar Salih Cc: 'Fred Baker (fred)'; geop...@ietf.org; ipv6@ietf.org Subject: Re: [Geopriv] Adding GPS location to IPv6 header Hi Ammar, I have read your

RE: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-18 Thread Ammar Salih
To: Ammar Salih Cc: ipv6@ietf.org; geop...@ietf.org Subject: Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header You may certainly file an internet draft with your ideas. You will want to read about what an Internet Draft is and how to file one. http://www.ietf.org/id-info/ Filing an Internet Draft does

RE: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-12 Thread Ammar Salih
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. If those mechanisms are successful then why websites like

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

RE: IPv6 modification suggestion

2012-10-19 Thread Ammar Salih
[mailto:albert.e.manfr...@boeing.com] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 11:51 PM To: Ammar Salih; ipv6@ietf.org Subject: RE: IPv6 modification suggestion I don't see any of this as being remotely desirable, as part of IETF standards. If a router is to be installed in a repressive country, then it is certainly

RE: IPv6 modification suggestion

2012-10-19 Thread Ammar Salih
-Original Message- From: Ammar Salih [mailto:ammar.sa...@auis.edu.iq] But I'm suggesting to you that most people in the IETF consider that to be a feature, not a bug. If you wanted to take a consensus within the IETF, I would bet that most would not want to facilitate the efforts

RE: IPv6 modification suggestion

2012-10-19 Thread Ammar Salih
-Original Message- From: Ammar Salih [mailto:ammar.sa...@auis.edu.iq] this is best done in a way that can be switched off by the users. At the application layer. I totally agree, but again, application layer will be limited to application servers. Network devices won't be able

RE: IPv6 modification suggestion

2012-10-18 Thread Ammar Salih
, certain websites should be blocked (like facebook in china for example) .. these rules based on geographic location won't be feasible unless the mobile router has a GPS and can read/write coordinates to layer-3 packets. Best, Ammar -Original Message- From: Ammar Salih [mailto:ammar.sa

RE: IPv6 modification suggestion

2012-10-11 Thread Ammar Salih
...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 6:37 AM To: Ammar Salih Cc: Bob Hinden; ipv6@ietf.org Subject: Re: IPv6 modification suggestion Ammar, On Oct 10, 2012, at 7:52 AM, Ammar Salih wrote: Hello Dears, I would like to suggest adding GPS coordinates to IPv6 header, as you know the current way

IPv6 modification suggestion

2012-10-10 Thread Ammar Salih
suggestion beneficial, and looking forward to hearing from you. Best, Ammar Salih | B.Sc.Eng, CCNA-S, CCVP, CCIE-V written Technical Lead - Voice and Data Support Services Mob: +964 (0) 770 533 0306 Office: +964 (0) 53 511 2020 - Ext. 2221 Email: mailto:ammar.sa...@auis.edu.iq