Hi Ron
On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Ronald Bonica <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks, > > The following text is lifted from Section 6.1. At best, it is difficult to > parse. At worst, it is incorrect. Is there a better way to distinguish > between an IED and a LOC? > What about stating that RLOCs are topologically assigned to network attachment points while EIDs are independent of the topology and used to identify devices. Albert > Rn > > "The second key concept is that if one wants to be as forward-looking as > possible, conceptually one should think of the two kinds of names (EIDs and > RLOCs) as naming different classes of entities. > > On the one hand, EIDs are used to name nodes - or rather, their end- end > communication entities. RLOC(s), on the other hand, name interfaces, i.e. > places to which the system of routers sends packets. > > This distinction, the formal recognition of different kinds of entities > ("endpoints" and interfaces), and their association with the two different > classes of names, is also important. Clearly recognizing interfaces and > endpoints as distinctly separate classes of objects is another improvement to > the existing Internet" architecture." > > > > _______________________________________________ > lisp mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/lisp _______________________________________________ lisp mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/lisp
