[AusNOG] Soul DDFM Services

[Matthew Moyle-Croft]

No,
ACPA

Australia Carrier Pigeon Association.  Wouldn't want a collision with  
a pigeon race.

MMC

On 11/02/2009, at 2:10 PM, Curtis Bayne wrote:

> In addition... if you use a carrier pigeon for long-haul  
> communications, do you need to license their flight paths with the  
> ACMA?
>
>
> Managing Director
> SONET Telecommunications
>
> [e] curtis at bayne.com.au
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> ________________________________________
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [ausnog- 
> bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Nick Brown [nick at inticon.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, 11 February 2009 1:27 PM
> To: Bevan Slattery; McDonald Richards; ausnog at ausnog.net
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Soul DDFM Services
>
> It is my understanding
> Soul have suggested RFC 1149 reflect this information in further  
> depth however as there has been no working group formed to test a  
> pigions ability to negotiate IPv6 addresses  without needing vendor  
> supplied patches it was decided it was redundant to have the  
> document rewritten twice in a short time span.
>
> I believe we, as the community behind the Australian internet front  
> have a moral obligation to test the capability of pigions at this  
> years conference. And here Vocus was thinking their IPv6 wifi was  
> cool.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Bevan Slattery" <Bevan.Slattery at staff.pipenetworks.com>
>
> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:13:59
> To: McDonald Richards<macca at vocus.com.au>; <ausnog at ausnog.net>
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Soul DDFM Services
>
>
> Macca,
>
> Yes - there was a theoretcial technical issue with converting the
> carrier pigeons with a4 printout (analog IP) into the maximum ethernet
> MTU available at the time.  Fragmentation was suggested and tried.
> However, it was even practically even more difficult.  Upon
> fragmentation (using a shredder) it was very difficult to shove the
> fragmented packet through the available ethernet port on the switch.
> Despite trying many pigeons and pushing very hard a packet did not
> arrive at the destination so the theory on joining the fragmented  
> pigeon
> was never actually put to the test.
>
> Alas it was not until 'Digital IP' was invented that we were able to  
> get
> around this problem much to the relief of Bill Lawry and Wendy Jnr  
> Jnr.
>
> Cheers
>
> [b]
>
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