William Herrin wrote:
> I was out to prove a point. I needed a technique that, at least in theory,
> would start working as a result of software upgrades alone, needing no
> configuration changes or other operator intervention.
I think TCPng/UDPng with 32/48 bit port numbers combined with NAT/A+P,
which is obviously fully operational with existing IPv4 backbone, is
better.
Not a fan of port numbers. If we're going to replace TCP and UDP, initiate the link with a name (e.g. dns name), negotiate a connection ID and continue with the connection ID.
No ports, no port scanning.
QUIC comes pretty close to getting it right.
-Bill