[mif] IRON as a multiple interface solution

["Templin, Fred L" <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

A new routing and addressing system known as the
Internet Routing Overlay Network (IRON) is available
that (among many other things) supports hosts with
multiple interfaces. IRON (along with its associated
mechanisms VET and SEAL) uses a tunnel virtul interface
to harness the host's ISP interfaces into a "bundle"
that is represented to a server in the Internet. The
tunnel interface assigns a single, stable IP address
that host applications can use regardless of the ISP
connection or connections used to carry traffic.

The server is responsible for representing the host's
stable IP address into the Internet routing system. The
host is responsible for selecting ISP interfaces for
outbound packets, and for providing directions to the
server as to ISP interfaces to use for inbound packets.
Traffic engineering, load balancing, fault tolerance,
asymmetric routing, etc. are all therefore naturally
supported. Mobility and NAT traversal are also naturally
supported. The solution also supports the case of the
host receiving an IP prefix instead of just a singleton
IP address and then beginning to function as a router.

Please see below for the documents and send comments:

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-templin-ironbis-08.txt
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-templin-intarea-vet-31.txt
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-templin-intarea-seal-39.txt

Thanks - Fred
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