On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:26:47 -0500 "J. Noel Chiappa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > From: Keith Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > HIP only solves part of the problem ... it doesn't provide any > > way of mapping between that identity and an address where you > > can reach the host. > > A system doesn't have to provide mechanisms to look up mappings from > <any-name> to <any-other-name> to be useful; agreed. but it does need to provide such mechanisms in order to provide useful endpoint identifiers. without a mechanism to map the endpoint identifier to an IP address, such identifiers are useless in referrals between application components. Keith
