Margaret,

> Margaret Wasserman wrote:
> I would like to see us assign PI addresses just like all
> other global addresses and route them globally.
> However, I don't think that we can responsibly do that
> and claim that the route scaling issue is SEP.

Agreed.

> Is there any reason to believe that we _can_ actually find
> a scalable way to route to "portable" PI addresses?

Not at this time I'm afraid; we do have a draft for globally routing
geographical addresses but it is not scalable long-term; a transition
mechanism, or a fail-safe.

I mentioned PI addresses earlier as identifiers in a dual space
identifier/locator solution. They would be routable locally and between
sites, but not globally (or limited routing).


> It seems like we may need some consultation/cooperation
> between the multi6 group and the IPv6 group, to see if
> we can come up with a full solution to provide scalable,
> routable PI addresses.

Multi6 is not chartered to develop solutions. This point has been made
in Atlanta again. The development of multihoming solutions has moved
outside the IETF a year ago.

Michel.


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