The challenges of bufferbloat remain within the networks, and previous efforts to provide indications of full buffers and to manage flow rates have not lead to their intended outcomes. A…
RFC7511: Scenic Routing for IPv6
An RFC has been published today to cover alternatives to IPv6 routing options. In times of Green IT, a lot of effort is put into reducing the energy consumption of…
RFC7169: The NSA (No Secrecy Afforded) Certificate Extension
In a move to counteract some of the recent security concerns on organisations being compelled to relinquish keys to national intelligence agencies, an RFC has been raised to provide an…
RFC7168: The Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol for Tea Efflux Appliances (HTCPCP-TEA)
A update has been published to the RFC2324: Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP), to allow for an expansion to cover the use of the protocol to include Tea…
RFC6921: Design Considerations for Faster-Than-Light (FTL) Communication
Recent research in to fibers that reduce latency to near the speed of light in a vacuum are leading moves to plan for networks that transmit at speeds greater than…
RFC5984: Increasing Throughput in IP Networks with ESP-Based Forwarding: ESPBasedForwarding
The current incremental approach to lower latency and increase capacity will soon reach the end of the road. The reason for this has been known for some time and is…
RFC5514: IPv6 over Social Networks
A proposal to improve the roll-out of IPv6 by using Social Networking as mechanism for carry data. There is a lack of IPv6 utilization in early 2009; this is partly…
RFC5513: IANA Considerations for Three Letter Acronyms
Confused about TLAs, and what they mean? Concerned about the lack of TLA space, and it current rapid depletion? Don't worry, there's an RFC for that. A Three-Letter Acronym (TLA)…