On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 01:30:59AM -0800, Erik Nordmark wrote:
<mucho snippage deleted!>
> >It's certainly good that there's progress, but if it turns out to be
> >another Mobile IP ...
>
> Folks have been complaining about the fact that an IP address is both
> a locator and identifier for at least 20 years. Hence the RRG effort
> around ID/Locator separation. But at the same time the Internet is so
> full of inertia (due to existing technical practises, existing
> business models, etc) that it isn't clear if *any* radical changes
> can be deployed.
>
> The benefits of Shim6 and MPTCP is that they can be deployed at the
> edge, hence they don't need approval from the operators. And they are
> a very nice fit for the multihomed laptop with a WiFi plus a Cellular
> interface.
>
> The benefits of LISP is that is it deployed by the operators.
>
> Fundamental question is whether the users at the edge or the
> operators have more incentives to deploy something new. I'm slightly
> more optimistic about the edge.
I didn't want to bring up LISP (or any other ID/Locator split proposals)
explicitly, but thank you for doing so, and for making a clear case for the
advantages of Shim6.
I don't think you need it, but since I just got this networking
core-contributor grant, I figure I ought to use it:
ACK for Shim6.
Thanks,
Dan
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