>> The problem with variable-length addressing that, in practice, one needs >> to specify a maximum length. > > In some practical terms, perhaps, but there are extensibility schemes that > allow the payload (addressing bits, in this case, to go on forever, in > theoretical terms.
I look forward to your design for a forwarding plane based on streaming addresses :) Does anyone really think that we'll need more than 128 bits? --Richard > > The result, therefore, is that you don't >> have variable-length addresses at all but rather fixed-length addresses >> with a shorthand encoding for unused bits. > > For most variable-length schemes, yes, but not all. > > d/ > > -- > > Dave Crocker > Brandenburg InternetWorking > bbiw.net > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
