Comments | satchelmarr: CPIP (Carrier Pigeon Internet Protocol)

satchelmarr

CPIP (Carrier Pigeon Internet Protocol)

Aug 27, 2007 11:49

Also from Eric Raymond's website:

1990's addition to the hallowed tradition of April Fool RFCs was RFC 1149, A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers. This sketched a method for transmitting IP packets via carrier pigeons ( Read more... )

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aesthier August 27 2007, 20:13:34 UTC

XD Carrier pigeons to execute a ping request? Brilliant. I would never have believed it!

satchelmarr August 29 2007, 20:34:50 UTC

Haha, I know, It's the sort of thing that's just wacky enough I'd love to try it.

LoL! jd5p August 27 2007, 21:07:29 UTC

I had actually read that RFC many years ago, it was surprisingly well written. The fact that someone attempted to implement it kinda floors me though.

Re: LoL! satchelmarr August 29 2007, 20:36:36 UTC

Successfully implemented it, you mean!

...If you count 55% packet loss as successful, I guess.