On 26/02/2015 05:14, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Feb 2015, Ray Hunter wrote:
> 
>> That way the devices can roam at L3, without all of the nasty side effects 
>> of re-establishing TPC sessions, or updating
>> dynamic naming services, or having to run an L2 overlay network everywhere, 
>> or having to support protocols that require a
>> specialised partner in crime on the server side (mTCP, shim6 et al).
> 
> It's my firm belief that we need to rid clients of IP address dependence for 
> its sessions. Asking clients to participate in HNCP
> only addresses the problem where HNCP is used.
> 
> Fixing this for real would reap benefits for devices moving between any kind 
> of network, multiple providers, mobile/fixed etc.

Violent agreement. This is not a homenet problem; it's an IP problem.
In fact, it's exactly why IP addresses are considered harmful in
some quarters. Trying to fix it just for homenet seems pointless.
http://www.sigcomm.org/ccr/papers/2014/April/0000000.0000008

   Brian

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