On 30 Mar 2012, at 13:44, Darrel Lewis wrote: > > On Mar 27, 2012, at 12:51 PM, Robert Raszuk wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> During wg meeting today all presentations LISP-DDT, LISP-DDT-SEC and >> LISP-DDT Database Transfer stated that this is very much like DNS. >> > <snip> > > This thread has documented some of the reasons why the authors decided to > develop DDT instead of re-using DNS (documented in LISP-TREE). In addition > to these, the DDT authors felt that operational experience with LISP+ALT > (which re-used BGP and GRE for distributing EID Prefixes) showed that > re-using another protocol, while inheriting many useful features, also > brought in many un-needed features which added bloat to the implementation > and operational complexity to the network. > > <snip> >> >> If not .. if DDT approach can not be serviced by DNS architecture I think it >> would be very useful to document why. > > Other mapping systems have been explored before with LISP, to various levels > of maturity. (EMACS, CONS, etc). Its my understanding that the LISP-TREE > draft will be updated to reflect the work done to date, which should include > the limitations of this approach. > > >> Also in the same time it would be great to announce plans for open source >> DDT support ? > > All are welcome to contribute to the Open Source LISP (the scope of which > includes the mapping system) effort. More information can be found at > http://www.openlisp.org/). >
We are working on an open source implementation of DDT (to be later added to OpenLISP) that we are still testing and improving. Feel free to contact us if you are willing to contribute. Best regards, Damien Saucez > Regards, > > -Darrel > _______________________________________________ > lisp mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/lisp _______________________________________________ lisp mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/lisp
