Re: [rrg] RANGI questions

Michael Menth <menth@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de> Fri, 19 February 2010 14:19 UTC

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From: Michael Menth <menth@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de>
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Subject: Re: [rrg] RANGI questions
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Hi Robin,

just a quick and short response.

Robin Whittle schrieb:
> RANGI has an advantage over GLI-Split (msg06056) in that a host
> Identifier can be used on any host in the world - in any LD.  
> This appears
> to be impossible in GLI-Split, where an Identifier can only be used in a
> given GLI-domain (roughly equivalent to a site).  
>   
> A host could retain its
> Identifier as it moves to any access network - which it cannot in
> GLI-Split. 

What you say here is not true. The identifiers in GLI-Split are global 
and can retained when hosts move among GLI-domains. This is an essential 
feature of GLI-Split. We'll send you later a more detailed answer to 
your previous email.

Best wishes,

    Michael

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