Re: US DoD and IPv6

Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp> Fri, 08 October 2010 00:19 UTC

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David Conrad wrote:

> Topological aggregation to permit scaling was an afterthought
> that doesn't fit particularly well into that architecture.

Topological aggregation to divide an IP address into network
and local address parts with classes A, B and C to permit
scaling has been there from the beginning.

It's inherent to fundamental architecture of the CATENET model.

You can find more than two levels of aggregation in RFC796.

						Masataka Ohta