[teleforce]

There's a new protocol in town called Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) or 802.1aq and in the near future it will be huge [1]. It's an open standard by IEEE and expect it to be everywhere soon if the networking vendors start to support it by default.

You can use it without TCP/IP because it depends on IS-IS protocol hence no need for IP [2].

The wonderful thing about running without TCP/IP in your private is that the chance of getting compromised over the Internet is zero unless someone pull a Stuxnet style attack on your network. But the chance that is happening in your private network is very slim.

[1]IEEE 802.1aq:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.1aq

[2]Shortest Path Bridging/fabric networks 101 - part 2:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/shortest-path-bridgingfabric-...