Re: minutes of RIPv2 meeting in Amsterdam

[Phil Budne <[e-mail]>]

> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1993 11:22:35 -0400
> From: Jeffrey C Honig <[e-mail]>
> 
> > The proposal is to use a
> > network number of zero and a host number of if_index to create a
> > suitable IP address for use in indexing tables.  These changes do not,
> > to the knowledge of those attending the meeting, invalidate any
> > existing implementations and may therefore be made without requiring
> > the specification to remain at the Proposed Standard level.
> 
> Come on now, this is a hack, the interface index is not an IP address.
> What if the subnet mask was 30 bits long, but I had 10 interfaces?
> Interfaces that require an index to identify them do not necessarily
> have not have an IP address, and I for one would like to see that
> address.
> 
> Why hack something up just to push the MIB through to proposed
> standard when there are not any implementions.

I concur! If indexing by ifIndex is the "right thing" then the MIB
should do this directly, either by indexing by both ifIndex and IP
address, just ifIndex, or the OSPF method of having indexing by both
but using only one (which seems a pain if you're sharing an address
with another local interface).

-Phil