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Re: Embedding IP information in an IPv6 address (OMNI)

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Tue, 20 October 2020 18:27 UTC

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To: Philip Homburg <pch-ipv6-ietf-6@u-1.phicoh.com>, ipv6@ietf.org, "atn@ietf.org" <atn@ietf.org>
Subject: Re: Embedding IP information in an IPv6 address (OMNI)
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Philip Homburg <pch-ipv6-ietf-6@u-1.phicoh.com> wrote:
    >> > OMNI Is a good reason to re-instate SLAs. OMNI will also want to use ULAs,
    >> but for
    >> > other and non-overlapping purposes.

    > When I read the draft from the point of view of a general purpose overlay
    > network technology, then I find the architecture far from clear.

I also.
I can see that there is an architecture though.
The text just doesn't make it clear.

    > Maybe the draft would benefit from a separate architecture document. The draft
    > reads like at large collection of ideas that may work in aviation, but it is
    > unclear how they would apply to other domains.

Yes, I think that's what happened.  Lots of ideas arrived, and were written
up, some of it implemented, but no other implementers were involved.

I think that this is one of the problems with documents spending so much time
as "individual" documents --- the accumulate cruft that is not structured
for group reading.

I think that the OMNI work is important, but it's far too involved for people
who are not doing it full time to contribute to.

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Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@sandelman.ca>   . o O ( IPv6 IøT consulting )
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