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
>>>
>>>
>
>
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