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

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Tue, 01 November 2022 17:24 UTC

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From: Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca>
To: 8218kelmo katerega micheal <8218kelmo@gmail.com>, hackathon@ietf.org
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Subject: Re: [hackathon] Coding a custom data link or network layer protocol
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Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@nic.fr> wrote:
    > 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?

And, likely, the answer is that you should read:
     https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/505561.Internetworking_with_TCP_IP_Vol_1
     https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/194839.Internetworking_with_Tcp_Ip_Vol_III


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