Margaret,

> Margaret Wasserman wrote:
> Tony, allowing an interface to have two addresses:
> - One that is globally routable and globally accessible,
>      and
> - One that is stable and local,
> is _exactly_ what I am proposing.
> However, I am proposing that there is _no reason_ why
> the stable, local addresses have to be ambiguous.

These are worthy goals and I like them very much. However, given the
history, I think you put them in the wrong order. I would like to see:

1. - One that is stable and local and not ambiguous.
then
2. - One that is globally routable and globally accessible.

Although there is nothing that says that 1 needs to be delivered before
2, I will remind everyone that the quest for 2 has started 10 years ago
and that we still have to see a result. As of 1, it has its own set of
challenges, one being that there must be some kind of architectural
limitation to prevent it to become 2 with a routing table explosion. I
will post soon more details about what I think is required to achieve 1.

Michel.


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