All,
RELOAD requires that a node have a public IP address in order to serve as a 
bootstrap peer.  One issue with that is that there is no real way to know for 
sure that a particular address is globally routable.  Second, there may be 
overlays where this is not necessary at all (e.g., overlays formed entirely in 
an enterprise network may not have any peers that are globally reachable).  
Third, a bootstrap peer is still useful even if it only helps a few peers get 
on the overlay.  

Hence, I don't think the requirement for serving as a bootstrap peer is to have 
a globally routable address.  Rather, it is to be reachable to at least some 
set of nodes wanting to join the overlay.  

Thoughts? 

- Vidya
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