[ih] IP version 7

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On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 11:40 AM Barbara Denny via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

>  hi,
> Just in case people aren't aware of the Internet Stream Protocol,
> I thought I would mention the ST packets used version 5 in the IP
> header.
>
> barbara
>
>     On Friday, December 18, 2020, 7:56:09 AM PST, Joseph Touch via
> Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Dec 18, 2020, at 6:15 AM, Marco Davids (Private) via Internet-history
> <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Today I learned of:
> >
> > https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-iab-ipversion7
> > (also referred to in RFC1726).
> >
> > It was written well before IPv6.
> >
> > I know why IPv5 was skipped, but does anyone happen to know why IPv7 was
> ultimately dubbed IPv6?
>
> I don’t know why it “follows current nomenclature” to skip IPv6 at the
> time.
>
> But this document isn’t IPv6; what this calls “IPv7” is a placeholder for
> the response to this RFC’s architectural assertions.
>
> IPv6 emerged from responses to RFC1550.
>
> Joe
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