[e2e] Header length field in IP header

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

(I just wanted to keep the flow of the argument going,
no disrespect meant to anyone)

as an humble observation by an observer from another
galaxy,

Why don't earthlings do this:


             DNS-------DNS----DNS
              |          |      |             
Endhost1----NAT1-------NAT2---NAT3-----endhost2


Since all end hosts will always do a name resolution,
we can treat that as a way to setup the path :), just
like a TCP handshake :)

In other words, if I want to talk to
endhost1.beeblebrox.com wants to talk to
endhost2.end2end.org , it contacts the DNS on NAT1,
gets a local IP on each side, NAT1 contacts NAT2 and
gets a locally significant IP on each side and so
on...
we could use nice words and call it "downstream on
demand IP distribution mode"

Hope this helps :), 

-ZB



		
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