Semaphore Flag Signaling System
In computer networking, Semaphore Flag Signaling System (SFSS) is a humorous proposal to carry Internet Protocol (IP) traffic by semaphores. Semaphore Flag Signaling System was initially described in RFC 4824,[1] an April Fools RFC issued by the Internet Engineering Task Force edited by J. Hofmueller, et al. and released on April Fool's Day 2007. It is one of several April 1 RFCs.
Reference implementation
A reference implementation of IP over SFS has been done by the authors of the RFC within the project "Talking the Fish". An email was transmitted using SMTP over Semaphore Flag Signals.[2]
gollark: I wonder if I could somehow graph this in combination with the osmarks.net monitoring system.
gollark: Which admittedly holds the majority of my tabs.
gollark: I have 766 tabs open and that's just on my laptop.
gollark: LIES!
gollark: I can stop trying to run this through arbitrary OCR tools then.
See also
- IP over Avian Carriers, a similar humorous proposal
- Semaphore, for other kinds of semaphores
- Victorian Internet, for the serious relation between semaphore and the internet
- Free-space optical communication, a more effective method of high-speed communication using visible light in free space
References
- J. Hofmueller, J. et al., ed. RFC 4824 The Transmission of IP Datagrams over the Semaphore Flag Signaling System (SFSS), 2007-04-01, retrieved 2007-12-23
- Talking the Fish
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