Re: [v6ops] [Idr] BGP Identifier

Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Thu, 20 February 2014 02:35 UTC

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> What I would instead suggest is finding a mechanism by which the
> unique router-ID can be mapped easily to such addresses.  I don't
> believe that BGP is the right place to do this.

we need a name to address mapping mechanism.  let's all think about
that.  </sarcasm>

randy