Spread Spectrum IP Addressing - SOURCE Address Field ROTATED|shifted? Left 2 Bits

Sat Mar 3 21:13:33 UTC 2012

Is it April already?  I though April Fools Day wasn't until next month.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guru NANOG [mailto:nanog.guru at gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, 03 March, 2012 12:34
> To: nanog at nanog.org
> Subject: Spread Spectrum IP Addressing - SOURCE Address Field
> ROTATED|shifted? Left 2 Bits
> 
> Common Misconception
> 
> With Spread Spectrum IP Addressing the 32-bit Source Address Field is
> Shifted LEFT 2-bits by the originator of the packet.
> 
> That Folds the IPv4 Legacy Address Space into 1/4th tsize table
> 
> The lost 2-bits are stored in the Right-Most 2 bits of the 32-bit
> field and in other places in the IPv4 Header
> 
> The Destination can easily recover the Source Address - if the proper
> algorithms are in use
> 
> Responses blindly sent back to the shifted Source Address may fall
> into agile hands or not
> 
> With the advanced Spread-Spectrum techniques, additional addressing
> bits are created from the noise intentionally stored in the Right-Most
> 2 bits
> 
> NANOG Operators buying /8s or /6s may want to look at the
> Spread-Spectrum CODE in the Linux-based CPE Routers
> 
> The following table is deprecated and 1/4th the size:
> http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space/ipv4-address-space.txt
> 
> With Spread-Spectrum collisions and mis-directions are OK and expected but
> other
> techniques ensure the packets get to the right place.
> 
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