Joel - if we talk about link-local multicast being forwarded it is in context of an L2 overlay where EIDs are MAC addresses. So NVO3 related work, even though NVO3 is not limited to L2 overlays.
Dino On Mar 24, 2013, at 3:54 PM, "Joel M. Halpern" <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe I am naive, but it strikes me that trying to extend link-local IPv6 > multicasts with LISP is probably a bad idea. Within the mobile device scope, > the registration mechanisms would seem to provide better tools for things > like address duplication prevention. > > While I don't know if the documents capture it properly, the fragmentation > effect of mobile devices on EID resolution blocks is such that I generally > would want to keep them separate from the fixed devices. > > Yours, > Joel > > On 3/24/2013 6:13 PM, Paul Vinciguerra wrote: >> I know I’m showing up late to the party, but can someone expand upon >> this from the RFC? >> >> *5. Source Addresses versus Group Addresses* >> >> Multicast group addresses don't have to be associated with either the >> >> EID or RLOC namespace. They actually are a namespace of their own >> >> that can be treated as logical with relatively opaque allocation. >> >> So, by their nature, they don't detract from an incremental >> >> deployment of LISP-Multicast. >> >> The documents make reference to: >> >> (S-EID,G) >> >> (S-RLOC,G) >> >> It seems that while both these may be numerically identical (eg. >> 239.255.255.254), in terms of LISP, doesn’t (S,G) have to much more >> complex and represent either (S-EID,G-EID(IID)) and (S-RLOC,G-RLOC(IID))? >> >> Once we introduce LISP mobility, what does (G) actually mean, especially >> when (G) can refer to link-local multicast for a host that has roamed >> off of its home subnet? >> >> Paul >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> lisp mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/lisp > _______________________________________________ > lisp mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/lisp _______________________________________________ lisp mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/lisp
