Internet Protocol Version 8 (IPv8): A Unified Zone Server Network Architecture (IETF Internet-Draft)
Summary
IPv8 is an Internet-Draft proposing a unified network protocol suite centered on Zone Servers and OAuth2 JWT authentication. It claims backward compatibility with IPv4, a 64-bit address space to address exhaustion, and introduces new services and protocols such as DHCP8, DNS8, and CF-based routing, along with validation mechanisms at egress via DNS8 and WHOIS8. As a draft, adoption remains speculative, but it outlines a holistic, software-updatable network architecture aimed at reducing management fragmentation and improving security across large and private networks.