Re: [lisp] draft-ietf-lisp-introduction-05 - Instance Identifiers and Namespaces

Albert Cabellos <albert.cabellos@gmail.com> Sun, 12 October 2014 21:59 UTC

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Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 23:59:52 +0200
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From: Albert Cabellos <albert.cabellos@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [lisp] draft-ietf-lisp-introduction-05 - Instance Identifiers and Namespaces
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Hi Ronald,

Thanks for your comment.

I don´t see how they are different namespaces.

LISP creates two namespaces (EIDs and RLOCs), Instance-ID helps you
separate the *EID namespace*, not create a new one.

Albert






On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 2:26 AM, Ronald Bonica <rbonica@juniper.net> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> AFAIKS, a LISP site can contain two hosts with the same EID (e.g., 192.0.2.1). LISP uses the Instance-ID to distinguish between the two hosts.
>
> If this is the case, does LISP really create two namespaces. Or does it create:
>
> - one namespace for RLOCs
> - another namespace for each Instance-ID
>
> If the later, we should fix the document.
>
> Ron Bonica
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[lisp] draft-ietf-lisp-introduction-05 - Instance… Ronald Bonica
Re: [lisp] draft-ietf-lisp-introduction-05 - Inst… Albert Cabellos