On Monday, September 7th 2009, the IPv6 Task Force - Ecuador incorporation meeting was held within the framework of the "Internet Resource Management and IPv6 Workshop", a part of the "IPv6 Tour" conducted in Quito coordinated and sponsored by AEPROVI and LACNIC. The incorporation meeting was attended by dozens of individuals representing different Internet sectors: government, providers, banking, universities and users.
A presentation on the task force's proposed objectives and initial terms is available at:
http://www.aeprovi.org.ec/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=75&func=fileinfo&id=46
The field ‘Total Lengh’which is part of the IPv4 header, is not found in the IPv6 header. Its function was to count the size of the packet payload plus the size of a variable lenght header. As the IPv6 header has a fixed size, the presence of this field is unnecessary.