Re: [lisp] LISP EID Block Size

[Roger Jørgensen <[e-mail]>]

On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Sander Steffann <[e-mail]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> I want to ask everyone on the list: Which facts prevent a scaling experiment with the aim of global production state? In my opinion a /16-EID-prefix is perfect for that goal.
>
> The problem is in that what you describe depends on public PITRs, and we have seen how badly that worked for 6to4 public relays. Running a public relay costs money (equipment, maintenance, bandwidth), and when nobody pays for them then we cannot expect any decent quality. And LISP will be blamed and seen as an unreliable protocol, just like 6to4. Relying on public relays is a very bad idea.


This problem you're touching here is the interconnect, and interaction
between LISP-world and legacy Internet (as I like to cal lit). We all
agree that the 6to4 path will not work, or scale well.

For the experiments we don't really need this interconnect either, and
if the need arise the mgmt-draft can be used anyhow since it don't
really care if there is interaction or not.  However the eid-block
draft do have some text on this, but it's probably not good enough to
get it done properly. Any idea on how to address it better there?



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