Re: [RAM] Re: Ramblings about "locator"
Peter Sherbin <pesherb@yahoo.com> Fri, 15 June 2007 13:23 UTC
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From: Peter Sherbin <pesherb@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [RAM] Re: Ramblings about "locator"
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> If we consider forwarding functionality to be the definition of a > locator, then we are going to have a very serious issue. The above should not be a constrain or concern because in the new architecture under discussion all current principles may not need to apply. E.g. current address vs. future id / loc split. Thanks, Peter --- Tony Li <tli@cisco.com> wrote: > > On Jun 14, 2007, at 1:30 PM, RJ Atkinson wrote: > > > You were the person who persuaded me, after some > > resistance on my part, that since the IEEE MAC address > > is used in a lookup table (either a bridge table or an > > IPv6 ND table) to forward the frame/packet, therefore > > the MAC address must have location semantics and so > > could not be a pure Identifier. > > > If we consider forwarding functionality to be the definition of a > locator, then we are going to have a very serious issue. Consider > other forwarding mechanisms that let you take into account source > address, port number, protocol number, DSCP, etc. as part of the > forwarding decision. If we follow that logic, the phase of the moon > could also be a locator. Is that what we want? > > I prefer Joel's line of thinking. > > Tony > > > > _______________________________________________ > RAM mailing list > RAM@iab.org > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ram > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz _______________________________________________ RAM mailing list RAM@iab.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ram
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