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Re: [hackathon] Coding a custom data link or network layer protocol

Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@nic.fr> Tue, 01 November 2022 16:16 UTC

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From: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@nic.fr>
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Subject: Re: [hackathon] Coding a custom data link or network layer protocol
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On Tue, Nov 01, 2022 at 11:17:51AM -0400,
 8218kelmo katerega micheal <8218kelmo@gmail.com> wrote 
 a message of 44 lines which said:

> am micheal and am working on some project where i have to create a
> custom protocol with custom packets and custom frames

I think it will be difficult to respond seriously without further
details. At what layer will this protocol be? 2? 3? 7? Since you
mention custom _frames_, I assume it will be a completely new stack,
from layer 2 to the applications?

> is there some boilerplate code or sample code orany guiding
> documents from ietf that can enable me do that.

IETF works on the TCP/IP family, so, if your protocol is not IP, no,
there is no document from IETF.

> i have so far managed to create the custom packets and custom frames
> but how do it make them recognizable across the global internet
> infrastructure and network?

If you want it to work across the Internet, does it mean it is a
layer-7 protocol, intended to work over IP and one of its usual
transports? If it is not IP (v4 or v6), there is no chance it will
work on the Internet. (Of course, you can always tunnel it over IP
between two end-poinst that you control.)

To summarize: details needed.

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