At 17:39 18/12/00, John Collis wrote:
>This is true. To do this though really requires some re-architecting
>of the current Internet model, based on "first principles".
Yes.
>In particular, there is not a sufficient "name space" for what we are
>often currently trying to do - hence the "akamai" type of trick.
Yes.
>Currently we have a situation where the defined name spaces are
>not sufficient for truly identifying the end points of a routed
>connection. IP addresses are therefore there for routing
>purposes. However a number of situations can now occur so that
>the IP address is not sufficient to name all situations. A host
>can be multi-homed, partially disconnected or mobile and then
>things start getting ugly.
Quite right.
>We need to look at this. I believe that we are now already overloading the useful set
>of meanings that one can attach
>to an IP address (somewhat analogous to the presentation
>from Randy Bush at the plenary session on DNS).
IRTF NSRG is looking at this. Research from folks
not involved in the NSRG would also be time well spent, IMHO.
I suspect there are some theses lurking in this area, for those
who might be of an academic bent.
Cheers,
Ran
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