I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-shim6-l3shim-00.txt

Geoff Huston <gih@apnic.net> Wed, 13 July 2005 07:25 UTC

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A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
This draft is a work item of the Site Multihoming by IPv6 Intermediation 
Working Group of the IETF.

         Title           : Multihoming L3 Shim Approach
         Author(s)       : E. Nordmark, M. Bagnulo
         Filename        : draft-ietf-shim6-l3shim-00.txt
         Pages           : 30
         Date            : 2005-7-12

    This document specifies a particular approach to IPv6 multihoming.
    The approach is based on using a multihoming shim placed between the
    IP endpoint sublayer and the IP routing sublayer, and, at least
    initially, using routable IP locators as the identifiers visible
    above the shim layer.  The approach does not introduce a ^stack name^
    type of identifier, instead it ensures that all upper layer protocols
    can operate unmodified in a multihomed setting while still seeing a
    stable IPv6 address.

    This document does not specify the mechanism for authenticating and
    authorizing the ^rehoming^ - this is specified in the HBA document.
    Nor does it specify the messages used to establish multihoming state.

    The document does not even specify the packet format used for the
    data packets.  Instead it discusses the issue of receive side
    demultiplexing and the different tradeoffs.  The resolution of this
    issue will affect the packet format for the data packets.

A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-shim6-l3shim-00.txt

I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-shim6-l3shim-00.txt Geoff Huston