On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Dino Farinacci <[email protected]> wrote: >> Yes - so the EID and RLOC refer to the same end-host. > > Wrong. The EID is assigned to the end-host and the RLOC is assigned to the > LISP router.
Fine - but if the RLOC were a globally routable address assigned to me instead of your LISP router- then your computer with its EID couldn't talk to me. (and you might be happier ;-) (And an end-host can have a globally routable address during transition for interworking..) Alia P.S. Do you disagree with Joel's rephrasing of the issue? > Dino > >> >> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Dino Farinacci <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Could a host in a LISP site send to an IP address as an EID and the >>>>>> same IP address as a globally addressable (or routable)? >>>>> >>>>> A host sends to destinations. So it doesn't know one from the other (a >>>>> feature). So yes, both a non-LISP site host and a LISP site host can >>>>> talk >>>>> to >>>>> both a non-LISP site and LISP site destination. >>>> >>>> Let me provide examples, since I strongly think the answer is NO and >>>> feel >>>> you >>>> have side-stepped the question into vague generalities that ignores the >>>> issue. >>> >>> I will be very specific. Today my systems at home use an EID for TCP >>> connections. That same 32-bit value is used as an RLOC for LISP >>> encapsulating packets that come into my house. >>> >>> Dino >>> >>> > > _______________________________________________ lisp mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/lisp
