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Re: [Autoconf] Last Call: draft-ietf-autoconf-adhoc-addr-model (IPAddressing Model in Ad Hoc Networks) to Informational RFC

"Templin, Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com> Thu, 25 March 2010 00:40 UTC

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From: "Templin, Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com>
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> This is an aside, hence I'm not copying the IESG, but I think IS-IS got
> this right by using a MAC address as the router ID. Having factory
> assigned router IDs simply things a fair bit. Hence I don't think it is
> necessarily desirable to identify a router using an IP address.

This goes with what I have been saying to the LISP
guys for over a year now. An IP address identifies
an *interface*; it does not identify a node (router
or host).

Fred
fred.l.templin@boeing.com

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