On 12/6/2012 12:21 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > From: Lou Berger <[email protected]> > > >> How about 'network interface', though? > > > Why not data plane interface? > > The problem is that that's facially ambiguous: does it mean 'an interface to > the data plane to allow control plane entities to manage the operation of the > data plane', or does it mean 'an interface over which the data plane > transfers user data'?
I intended the latter, i.e. an interface used to transmit traffic in the data plane > > I know, I know, technically "network interface" has the same potential > ambiguities, but I think there's enough history in that term that most > people's first thought on seeing it is "thing that attaches a box into a > particulr network" so where do virtual interfaces (e.g., supported via tunnels) fit in? Lou > > 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
