Re: [Int-area] I-D Action: draft-eckert-intarea-functional-addr-internets-00.txt

Hi all,

I think there's a case to be made that layer 3 itself is the problem, not the details of an addressing scheme [1]. (That reference predated QUIC, but I think the main conclusions stand.) A more radical solution like NDN [2] may be needed.

[1] https://doi.org/10.1145/2602204.2602215, a.k.a. https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~brian/CCR-201404-IPaddrHarmful.pdf

[2] https://named-data.net

Regards
   Brian Carpenter

On 13-Jul-21 08:00, internet-drafts@ietf.org wrote:
> 
> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
> 
> 
>         Title           : Functional Addressing (FA) for internets with Independent Network Address Spaces (IINAS)
>         Author          : Toerless Eckert
> 	Filename        : draft-eckert-intarea-functional-addr-internets-00.txt
> 	Pages           : 30
> 	Date            : 2021-07-12
> 
> Abstract:
>    Recent work has raised interest in exploring network layer addressing
>    that is more flexible than fixed-length addressing as used in IPv4
>    (32 bit) and IPv6 (128 bit).
> 
>    The reasons for the interest include both support for multiple and
>    potentially novel address semantics, but also optimizations of
>    addressing for existing semantics such as unicast tailored not for
>    the global Internet but to better support private networks / limited
>    domains.
> 
>    This memo explores in the view of the author yet little explored
>    reasons for more flexible addresses namely the problems and
>    opportunities for Internetworking with Independent Network Address
>    Spaces (IINAS).
> 
>    To better enable such internetworks, this memo proposes a framework
>    for a Functional Addressing model.  This model also intends to
>    support several other addressing goals including programmability and
>    multiple semantics.
> 
> 
> The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-eckert-intarea-functional-addr-internets/
> 
> There is also an htmlized version available at:
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-eckert-intarea-functional-addr-internets-00
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