2008 Technology - Internet - Volume 5 - Routing & Addressing Crisis

1. TCP, UDP & SCTP

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 TCP/IP packets
  • 1.2.1 IPv4 header
  • 1.2.2 Routing
  • 1.2.3 UDP packet
  • 1.2.4 TCP
• 1.3 IP Addresses
  • 1.3.1 Overview
  • 1.3.2 TCP and UDP port numbers
  • 1.3.3 Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
  • 1.3.4 Network and broadcast address
• 1.4 Transition to IPv6
  • 1.4.1 IPv6 islands in an IPv4 sea
  • 1.4.2 Dual stack networks
  • 1.4.3 Avoiding Network Address Translation (NAT)
  • 1.4.4 IPv6 benefits

2. IP Routing & Addressing Crisis

• 2.1 User requirements
  • 2.1.1 Introduction
  • 2.1.2 Routing and Addressing Problem (ROAP)
  • 2.1.3 Needs and desires
  • 2.1.4 Route aggregation and address utilisation
  • 2.1.5 Multihoming
• 2.2 Forwarding Information Base (FIB)
  • 2.2.1 FIB rules
  • 2.2.2 Costs and limitations of three FIB technologies
  • 2.2.3 The ideal of ‘flat routing'
• 2.3 RIB & BGP
  • 2.3.1 Introduction
  • 2.3.2 The BGP routing system
  • 2.3.3 Routers in the Default Free Zone (DFZ)
  • 2.3.4 Routing Information Base (RIB)
  • 2.3.5 BGP stability
• 2.4 Goals and BGP solutions
  • 2.4.1 Introduction
  • 2.4.2 IAB, IETF, IRTF and other organisations
  • 2.4.3 Goals and solutions
  • 2.4.4 Improving BGP
• 2.5 LISP - Locator-ID-Separation
  • 2.5.1 Introduction
  • 2.5.2 Postal redirection analogy
  • 2.5.3 Locator-Identifier Separation Protocol (LISP)
• 2.6 APT & Ivip
  • 2.6.1 APT
  • 2.6.2 Ivip Internet Vastly Improved Plumbing (Ivip)
  • 2.6.3 Challenges for all proposals

3. Glossary of Abbreviations

• Exhibit 1 - An 8 address TCP/IP subnet