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Glossary
Key terms and abbreviations used in Open-IPv8-Lab and draft-thain-ipv8-02.
Addressing
| Term |
Definition |
| IPv8 |
Internet Protocol Version 8 — experimental 64-bit addressing protocol defined in draft-thain-ipv8-02 |
| ASN |
Autonomous System Number — 32-bit routing prefix identifying a network operator (upper half of an IPv8 address) |
| Host part |
Lower 32 bits of an IPv8 address, analogous to host portion in IPv4 |
| ASN dot notation |
Human-readable format: ASN.a.b.c.d (e.g. 64496.192.0.2.1) |
| Full notation |
8-octet format: p1.p2.p3.p4.h1.h2.h3.h4 (e.g. 0.0.251.240.192.0.2.1) |
| Routing prefix |
4-octet representation of ASN used in routing tables |
| Address class |
Classification per §4: unicast, multicast, broadcast, RINE, internal zone, interop |
Routing & Transport
| Term |
Definition |
| Two-tier routing |
Routing architecture per §8.7 — Tier 1 routes by ASN prefix between AS domains, Tier 2 routes by host address within an AS |
| VRF |
Virtual Routing and Forwarding per §8.8 — isolated routing instances; mandatory management (VLAN 4090) and OOB (VLAN 4091) VRFs |
| BGP8 |
Border Gateway Protocol for IPv8 — inter-AS path-vector routing with CF metric (§8.4) |
| IBGP8 |
Internal BGP8 — iBGP variant for intra-AS route distribution |
| OSPF8 |
Open Shortest Path First for IPv8 — link-state intra-AS routing |
| IS-IS8 |
Intermediate System to Intermediate System for IPv8 — alternative link-state IGP |
| CF |
Cost Factor — 7-component path quality metric (RTT, jitter, loss, bandwidth, hops, policy, Haversine physics floor) per §1.6 |
| ICMPv8 |
Internet Control Message Protocol for IPv8 — Echo, Destination Unreachable, Redirect, Time Exceeded (§9) |
| 8to4 tunnel |
Encapsulation of IPv8 packets inside IPv4 for transit over legacy networks (§13.3) |
Zone Server & Services
| Term |
Definition |
| Zone Server |
Centralised authority per §1.3–1.4 — provides DHCP8, OAuth8, ACL8, DNS8, and service discovery within an AS |
| OAuth8 |
Authentication and authorisation service — issues JWT tokens for inter-zone and intra-zone access |
| ACL8 |
Access Control List engine — east-west traffic policy enforcement (§1.4) |
| DHCP8 |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv8 — single-response lease provisioning with all service endpoints (§1.3) |
| DNS A8 |
DNS record type for IPv8 addresses — even/odd pair convention with RFC 1918 validation (§7) |
Address Translation
| Term |
Definition |
| XLATE8 |
Translation table — north-south NAT with DNS validation for traffic between IPv8 zones (§1.4) |
| XLATE8 LB |
Even/Odd Load Balancing — splits traffic across two XLATE8 instances (§15.1) |
| NAT8 |
Network Address Translation for IPv8 — static, dynamic, and PAT modes |
| CGNAT |
Carrier-Grade NAT per §15 — r.r.r.r preservation, n.n.n.n-only NAT rules |
Peering & Interop
| Term |
Definition |
| RINE |
Regional Internet Network Exchange — peering fabric between ASNs (draft-thain-rine-00) |
| Interop prefix |
127.127.0.0 — Inter-Company Interop address and Two-XLATE8 model (§4.6–4.7) |
| Private Interop ASN |
ASN 65534/65533 — reserved for private peering (§4.8) |
| Interior Link |
222.0.0.0/8 — convention address range for point-to-point links (§4.10) |
Security & Compliance
| Term |
Definition |
| Ingress filtering |
Border router checks: reject spoofed ASN prefixes, enforce source validation (§18) |
| RINE Prefix Protection |
Filtering of 100.x.x.x addresses at RINE boundaries with SEC-ALERT (§19.3) |
| Interior Link Protection |
BGP8 filtering of 222.0.0.0/8 prefixes — prevents leaking internal links (§19.4) |
| Prefix Enforcement |
/16 minimum prefix length at eBGP8 boundaries — blocks overly specific routes (§19.7) |
| Compliance tier |
Device certification levels: Tier 1 (basic), Tier 2 (full), Tier 3 (carrier-grade) per §17.1–17.3 |
| PVRST |
Per-VLAN Rapid Spanning Tree — Zone Server elected as root (§17.4) |
| NIC rate limit |
Firmware-level rate limiting: broadcast, unauthenticated, authenticated packets (§17.5) |
| mTLS |
Mutual TLS — encryption layer for Zone Server authentication |
Companion Protocols
| Term |
Definition |
| WHOIS8 |
Registry protocol — ASN registration, route validation, HMAC record signing (draft-thain-whois8-00) |
| NetLog8 |
Telemetry protocol — structured logging with SEC-ALERT and E3 traps, wire framing, collector, relay (draft-thain-netlog8-00) |
| ARP8 |
Address Resolution Protocol for IPv8 — gratuitous announce, version selection (§2, draft-thain-support8-00) |
| Update8 |
Firmware/software update protocol with NIC certification (draft-thain-update8-00) |
| WiFi8 |
Wireless protocol adaptation for IPv8 (draft-thain-wifi8-00) |
| SNMPv8 |
Simple Network Management Protocol for IPv8 — MIB definitions (draft-thain-ipv8-mib-00) |
| NetFlow8 |
Flow monitoring and telemetry export in .nf8 binary format |
| Term |
Definition |
| TUI |
Terminal User Interface — Rich Live / Textual dashboard for real-time monitoring |
| PCAP |
Packet Capture format — .pcap export with DLT_USER0 for Wireshark analysis |
| iv8cap |
Open-IPv8-Lab native capture format for packet capture/replay |
| Packet fuzzer |
Security testing tool — generates malformed packets to test protocol robustness |
| VPC |
Virtual Private Cloud — cloud provider zone prefix → VPC mapping (§17) |
| AF_INET8 |
Socket address family constant for IPv8 socket API compatibility (§6.2) |