What about simple "control interface" and "data interface" designations?
Regards, Zach > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Noel > Chiappa > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 5:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [i2rs] Progressing the chartering effort > > > From: "George, Wes" <[email protected]> > > > We have an unfortunate overloading of the term "interface" here > > ... > > These are not the same sort of interfaces, and their proximity can lead > > to confusion. > > Good catch. I can't offhand think of a good synonym for either one (which we > could/would always use to refer to that flavour of interface) - can anyone > else? > > Failing that, we'll have to use an attached modifier (which I suggest be > included in all uses of the word 'interface') - 'physical interface' or > 'traffic-carrying interface' for one, and something like 'control plane > interface' for the other. > > > Or am I inferring a distinction where none is desired? > > No, there's definitely a real distinction between i) an interface over which > user data packets are sent, to the next-hop router (or the final > destination), and ii) the interface between two control plane subsystems, > which the two subsystems use to interact with each other. > > Noel > _______________________________________________ > i2rs mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/i2rs _______________________________________________ i2rs mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/i2rs
