Keith,

>> Michel Py wrote:
>> 1. Local, private addresses that do not communicate
>> outside of their site. Site-locals are perfect for
>> this, if they are not limited to disconnected sites.
>> 2. Unique addresses that do not need public Internet
>> access but do need to communicate with selected
>> external sites (example customer/supplier VPN). This
>> is GUPI.
>> 3. Global network layer PI identifiers. Although
>> this is not directly linked to the multihoming issue,
>> it is likely that a scalable multihoming solution
>> would provide it.

> Keith Moore wrote:
> why doesn't #2 suffice for #1?
[I transposed it back the way you meant]

Because #2 does not exist today. You must provide #2 before you try to
kill #1. Network administrators do not design production networks with
promises.

Michel.


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