RE: redo the nSAP address allocation plans?

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Hi Victor,


>Hello all of you,
>
>I assume you already have seen the e-mails going over the IPng list
>concerning the 16 octet IPv6 addresses, related to NSAP addresses.
>
>I am going to look into the possiblity to change my CLNS allocation
>plan (I used upto 20 octets, and from what I know it must be reduced
>to 15 octets [althought some people tell it is 16 octetc, but I think
>that the first octet is needed of telling: 'this is an NSAPO
>address']).
>
>What are the ideas of other people on this subject? Do they already
>have concrete ideas about making the NSAP address space smaller (I
>think, making it smaller is only needed when one thinks that it is in
>future easier to transport CLNS over an IPv6 network).


I have designed DCC and ICD NSAP structures for EMPB/EuropaNET that
include 18 and 20 octets NSAPs respectively. The ICD NSAPs are not
in use yet, the DCC NSAPs are. Upon request of EMPB i will try to
create "light" :-) versions of these structures.


- Alex

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Name:          Alex Reijnierse
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Date: 09/19/94   MIME OK!
Time: 11:34:12   
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