RE: [ITU+IETF] RE: [Enum] Re: Structure of DNS entry for ENUM

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> the meaning of a phone number or an ip address is the 
> endpoint, not the routing, not the billing, not how i 
> derive the path to the endpoint, not ....

Alas, it's just not that simple anymore, especially
when you take things like NAT into account.  An E.164
address represents an endpoint (or user), but it
unfortunately cannot reliably represent an IP address.
There's a great big disconnect there, but fortunately
if we accept the notion that the E.164 address is
mapping to something else (like an H.323 gatekeeper),
it gives us a leg up on the NAT problem.

Melinda
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