RFC 1606

关于IPv9的一个RFC, 每次看到IPv9, 就想起这个RFC, 想想也有十多年时间了, 今天再过一次额外的愚人节.

Network Working Group Request for Comments: 1606 Category: Informational

J. Onions Nexor Ltd. 1 April 1994

A Historical Perspective On The Usage Of IP Version 9
使用IP版本9的历史观

Status of this Memo
本备忘录的效力

This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
本备忘录旨在为互联网社团提供资料, 并非详细说明任何互联网标准, 可无限制发布.

Abstract
摘要

This paper reviews the usages of the old IP version protocol. It considers some of its successes and its failures.
本文回顾了旧版IP协议的使用, 探讨其成功和失败.

Introduction
序言

The take-up of the network protocol TCP/IPv9 has been phenomenal over the last few years. Gone are the days when there were just a few million hosts, and the network was understood. As the IP version 9 protocol comes to the end of its useful life, once again due to address space exhaustion, we look back at some of the success of the protocol.
网络协议TCP/IPv9在最近若干年兴起已超乎人们的想象, 仅数百万台主机的日子已经一去不复返了，网络为世人所理解, 随着地址空间的再一次耗尽, IP版本9协议也面临寿终正寝之时, 让我们回顾一下该协议的一些成功之处.

Routing
路由

The up to 42 deep hierarchy of routing levels built into IPv9 must have been one of the key features for its wide deployment. The ability to assign a whole network, or group of networks to an electronic component must be seen as one of the reasons for its takeup. The use of the Compact Disk Hologram units is typical of the usage. They typically have a level 37 network number assigned to each logical part, and a level 36 network number assigned to the whole device. This allows the CDH management protocol to control the unit as a whole, and the high-street vendor to do remote diagnostics on discreet elements of the device. This still allows sub-chip routing to be done using the 38th level addressing to download new nanocode. As yet, no requirement has been found for levels 40-42, with level 39 still being used for experimental interrogation of atomic structure of components where required.
在ipv9内建立深达42层的路由级别, 是其得以广泛部署的其关键特性之一, 将整个网络或网络组指定到一个电子元件范畴的能力被认为是其兴起的原因之一. 紧凑型磁盘全息图(CDH)单元的使用便是典型的用法, 它们通常具有分配到每一个逻辑部分的一个37层网络号码，分配到整个装置的一个36层网络号码, 这使得CDH管理协议能够将控制单元作为一个整体进行控制, 并且使得高级街道的提供商能够对设备的独立元件进行远程诊断, 还允许利用第38层地址下载新的纳码完成亚芯片级的路由. 迄今为止, 39层仅用于必要部件原子结构的实验中, 所以, 尚未发现对40-42层的任何需求.

Allocation
地址分配

The vast number space of the IPv9 protocol has also allowed allocation to be done in a straight forward manner. Typically, most high street commercial internet providers issue a range of 1 billion addresses to each house. The addresses are then dynamically partitioned into subnet hierarchies allowing groups of a million addresses to be allocated for each discreet [注: discrete?] unit (e.g., room/floor etc.) The allocation of sub groups then to controllers such as light switches, mains sockets and similar is then done from each pool.
Pv9协议的巨大号码空间也使得地址分配能够一种直接的方式完成. 典型情形下，大部分高级街道的商业互联网的服务商， 分给每个房屋10亿个地址, 这些地址随后动态地被分割成层次化的子网, 允许由一百万个地址构成的地址组被分配给每一个独立单元(如: 房间/地板等等), 然后从每一个地址池分配小组的地址给控制器, 诸如电灯开关、电源插座及类似器件.

The allocation process is again done in a hierarchical zoned way, with each major application requesting a block of addresses from its controller. In this way the light bulb requests an address block from the light switch, the light switch in turn from the electrical system which in turn requests one from the room/floor controller. This has been found to be successful due to the enormous range of addresses available, and contention for the address space being without problems typically.
分配过程以层次化分区的方式再次进行, 每一个主要的应用向其控制器请求一块地址, 通过这种方式, 电灯泡向电灯开关请求一个地址块, 电灯开关、电气系统、房间/地板控制器依次请求一块. 由于地址空间很大, 对地址空间的争夺通常不会有问题, 这种方式被证实是成功的.

Whilst there are still many addresses unallocated the available space has been sharply decreased. The discovery of intelligent life on other solar systems with the parallel discovery of a faster-than-light transport stack is the main cause. This enables real time communication with them, and has made the allocation of world-size address spaces necessary, at the level 3 routing hierarchy. There is still only 1 global (spatial) level 2 galaxy wide network required for this galaxy, although the establishment of permanent space stations in deep space may start to exhaust this. This allows level 1 to be used for inter-galaxy routing. The most pressing problem now is the case of parallel universes. Of course there is the danger of assuming that there is no higher extrapolation than parallel universes...
虽然还有很多未分配的地址, 地址空间已经急剧减小. 在其他太阳系上的智能生命以及超光速传送栈的同时发现是其主要原因, 这就有必要与他们进行实时通信并分配世界范围大小的在3层路由级别的地址空间. 尽管在外太空建立永久空间站开始耗尽地址空间, 仍然有1个全局的(空间的)2层星际网络可以分配给这个星系. 当今最紧迫的问题是平行宇宙的情况, 当然, 隐患在于假设没有比平行宇宙更高的超集...

Up to now, the hacking into, and setting of holo-recorder devices to the wrong channel from remote galaxies, has not been confirmed, and appears to be attributable to finger problem with the remote control whilst travelling home from the office.
时至今日, 从遥远星系的错误信道对全息记录设备进行黑客入侵和设置还没有最后证实, 似乎可归结于从办公室行进到家庭时, 远程控制所具有的网络定位问题.

Applications
应用

The introduction of body monitors as IPv9 addresseable units injected into the blood stream has been rated as inconclusive. Whilst being able to have devices lodged in the heart, kidneys, brain, etc., sending out SNMPv9 trap messages at critical events has been a useful monitoring tool for doctors, the use of the blood stream as both a delivery and a communication highway, has been problematic. The crosstalk between the signals moving through the blood stream and the close proximity of nerves has meant that patients suffering multiple events at once, can go into violent spasm. This, coupled with early problems with broadcasts storms tending to make patients blood boil, have led to a rethink on this whole procedure. Also, the requirement to wear the silly satellite dish hat has led to feelings of embarrassment except in California, where it is now the latest trend.
把具有IPv9地址的身体监视器注射到血流中, 尚未有确定的结论. 当能够在心脏、肾脏、大脑等器官中植入设备时, 在紧急情况下发送SNMPv9陷阱消息, 业已成为医生的一个实用监视工具. 血流既作为一个传输通道又作为一条信息高速公路的用法还值得怀疑. 血流中移动的信号和极为相近的神经信号之间的相互干扰，使得病人同时遭受多重事件, 可能导致强烈的痉挛. 再加上广播风暴导致病人血液沸腾的先期问题, 使得人们对整个过程进行反思. 同样, 穿戴愚蠢的碟形卫星天线帽会使人感到尴尬, 除非在加尼福利亚, 这是那里的最新时髦.

The usage of IPv9 addresseable consumer packaging has been a topic of hot debate. The marketing people see it as a godsend, being able to get feedback on how products are actually used. Similarly, the recycling is much improved by use of directed broadcast, "All those packages composed of cardboard respond please." Consumers are not so keen on this seeing it as an invasion of privacy. The introduction of the handy-dandy directed stack zapper (which is also rumoured to be IPv9 aware) sending directed broadcasts on the local food package net effectively resetting the network mask to all 1's has made this an area of choice.
可分配IPv9地址的商品包装的使用已是一个争论热点. 销售者视之为天赐之物, 能够得到商品实际使用方式的反馈, 类似地, “所有纸板组成的包装请响应”这种直接广播极大地改善了回收再利用, 顾客并不在乎是否侵犯个人隐私. 采用简易定向堆叠遥控器(谣传要使用IPv9), 重置网络掩码为全1, 来选择一个区域范围, 有效地发送直接的广播包到本地的食物包装网络.

The advent of the IPv9 magazine was universally approved of. Being able to ask a magazine where its contents page was the most useful of the features. However combined with the networked newspaper/magazine rack, the ability to find out where you left the magazine with the article that was concerned with something about useage of lawn mowers in outer space is obvious. The ability to download reading habits automatically into the house controller and therefore alert the reader of articles of similar ilk is seen as marginal. Alleged querying of this information to discover "deviant" behaviour in persons within political office by members of contending parties is suspected Sneakernet, as pioneered by shoe specialists skholl is seen to be a failure. The market was just not ready for shoes that could forward detailed analysis of foot odour to manufacturers...
支持IPv9的杂志受到普遍认可, 最有用的特性就是能够查询杂志的目录在哪儿. 配合联网的报纸/杂志架, 显然就有能力找到刊登关于外太空割草机使用方法的那篇文章的杂志放在哪儿. 自动下载阅读习惯到住宅控制器, 然后提醒读者哪里有类似的文章, 这是其终极能力. 所谓可疑运动鞋网络, 就是反对党成员对信息的推测式查询, 可以发现办公室内人们的"异常"行为，由鞋匠开拓的这个事业似乎失败了, 市场还没有准备好去接受能够把对脚臭的详细分析转发到制造商那里的鞋子.

Manufacture
制造

Of course, cost is one of the issues that was not considered when IPv9 was designed. It took a leap of imagination to believe that one day anything that wished to be could be IPv9 addresseable. It was assumed that IPv9 protocol machines would drop in price as with general chip technology. Few people would have forseen the advance in genetic manipulation that allowed viruses to be instructed to build nano-technology IPv9 protocol machines by the billion for the price or a grain of sugar. Or similarly, the nano-robots that could insert and wire these in place.
当然, 造价是IPv9设计时没有考虑的一个问题, 需要有跨度的想象力去相信某一天任何西都可以分配IPv9地址, 假设IPv9协议机器会随着芯片技术进步降低价格. 很少有人能够预见到基因制造技术的进步, 以十亿计或者的代价, 让病毒按指令建造纳米技术的IPv9协议机器. 纳米机器人同样也可以把这些东西插入适当的位置并连接起来.

The recent research in quark-quark transistors, shows some promise and may allow specially built atoms to be used as switches. The manufacture of these will be so expensive (maybe up to 10cent an IPv9 stack) as to be prohibitive except for the most highly demanding niches.
夸克-夸克晶体管的最新研究表明特殊结构的原子有可能被用作开关器件, 其制造是非常昂贵的(每个IPv9堆叠可能高达10美分), 除了特殊领域外，无人问津.

Conclusions
结论

Those who do not study history, are doomed to repeat it.
那些不学习历史的人, 注定重复历史.

Security Considerations
安全建议

Security issues are not discussed in this memo.
本备忘录不讨论安全因素.

Author's Address

Julian Onions
Nexor Ltd.
PO Box 132
Nottingham NG7 2UU, ENGLAND

Phone: +44 602 520580
EMail: j.onions@nexor.co.uk