Hi,

I think that Joel made a good point in a previous mail.

RFC6830 defines EID&RLOC as IPv4 and IPv6 addresses but does not prohibit
the definition of EID & RLOC in other types/form.

The intro document can simply state this fact and reference LCAF as ongoing
work to add extensibility to LISP.

On the other hand, may be the LCAF document should update the definition of
EID and RLOC accordingly.

Luigi



On 12 Oct 2014, at 04:23, Dino Farinacci <[email protected]> wrote:

The very first page of the Intro document says that RLOCs and EIDs can be
syntactically different from IP addresses. However, it leaves the reader to
guess what this means. So, I need to ask 20 seemingly obvious questions to
ferret out the actually meaning. Believe me, it is as painful to me as it
is to you!



But it's not as complex as you may think it is.

What does it mean to be "syntactically different" from an IP address? If
you can explain that, we won't have to play 20 questions.


It means the EIDs and RLOCs can be from any address family.

Syntactically an AppleTalk address is different than an IPv4 address.

Dino
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