[ipv6hackers] SEND implementation Patent

Fernando Gont fgont at si6networks.com
Wed Mar 14 02:28:58 CET 2012


On 03/13/2012 05:15 AM, Ahmad Sadeh wrote:
> RFC 3972: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3972 is proposed by T. Aura,
> Microsoft Research and one of authors for
> 
> RFC 3971 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3971 (B. Zill ) from Microsoft.
> 
> But, why Microsoft does not implement SEND? as we can find
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb726956.aspx

Because with other unsecured pieces, such as the DNS, SEND does not
really make sense?

Also, because many other systems do not implement it, either, so it
doesn't pay much to be the first to do so?

Thanks,
-- 
Fernando Gont
SI6 Networks
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