[net2-wg] IP stack name

[Rodrigo Fonseca]

Slip has the drawback of having been used in the days before PPP was popular...

"SLIP
The Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) is a mostly obsolete
encapsulation of the Internet Protocol designed to work over serial
ports and modem connections. It is documented in RFC 1055."


On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Martin Turon <mturon at xbow.com> wrote:
>
> A more generic suggestion would be slip: Sockets over Low-power Internet
> Protocol.  That would imply that TCP and UDP are rolled into the
> package, and get rid of the institution, though the sound of sending out
> little blip packets resonates better with me.  The namespace is probably
> pretty packed by now and prone to collisions with other projects.
>
> Martin
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Turon
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 12:16 PM
> To: 'Omprakash Gnawali'; Philip Levis
> Cc: net2-wg
> Subject: RE: [net2-wg] IP stack name
>
> Blip is certainly a cool name (Berkeley Low-Power Internet Protocol).
> The "L" could also stand for lowpan and you could add the IP version too
> as in blip6.  I see what you are saying about the institution, but it
> just clarifies that origin of the implementation.  People don't seem to
> get too worked up about BSD, and it would not be too unlike the way ARM
> documents still say the core is based on a "Harvard Architecture"...
>
> Martin
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> [mailto:net2-wg-bounces at millennium.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Omprakash
> Gnawali
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:29 PM
> To: Philip Levis
> Cc: net2-wg
> Subject: Re: [net2-wg] IP stack name
>
> Sure, it would be up to him. But I wanted to say that institution name
> in the name might make potential contributors feel a bit unwelcome.
>
> - om_p
>
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:25 PM, Philip Levis <pal at cs.stanford.edu>
> wrote:
>> I think the name is ultimately up to Stephen, but let's see if we can
> help
>> him come up with a good name. :)
>>
>> Phil
>>
>> On Jan 15, 2009, at 10:00 PM, Omprakash Gnawali wrote:
>>
>>> We need to come up with a short (and hopefully descriptive) name for
>>> the IP stack. Steve had suggested bip or blip (Berkeley IP stack). I
>>> prefer something like tcpipv6 or even tcpip considering it will have
>>> the full network/transport services. Maybe tcp in tcpip is bit of a
>>> stretch. Do people have some other ideas?
>>>
>>> - om_p
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