Re: [lisp] Confirm/Deny changes on draft 6830bis

[Dino Farinacci <[e-mail]>]

>> B.- Change definitions of EID and RLOC as ‘identifier of the overlay’ and ‘identifier of the underlay’ respectively. 
> 
> For the RLOC I would put modify the definition as follows:
> 
> Routing Locator (RLOC):   An RLOC is an IPv4 [RFC0791] or IPv6
>       [RFC8200] address of an Egress Tunnel Router (ETR).  An RLOC is
>       the output of an EID-to-RLOC mapping lookup.  An EID maps to one
>       or more RLOCs.  Typically, RLOCs are numbered from address blocks 
>      assigned to a site at each point to which it attaches to the underlay 
>      network, as such they represent the identifiers of the underlay.
>       Multiple RLOCs can be assigned to the same ETR device or to 
>       multiple ETR devices at a site.

Adding “identifier of the underlay” does not improve or simplify the definition. It makes it more confusing IMO. People will interpret LISP has IDs in the underlay. Note in dozens of conversations I've had with people on LISP who are new to the concepts refer to RLOCs as “routing IDs”. And then when I ask them to clarify if they mean “EIDs” or “RLOCs”, they say “oh EIDs”.

The definition above will not help with this confusion.

I would like to keep the definition as is with your edits from your lastest commentary review.

Thanks,
Dino