Excerpts from Templin, Fred L on Sun, Nov 30, 2008 01:49:12PM -0800: > I have not seen this widely discussed, but in the map/encaps > approaches the Internet DFZ is essentially viewed as a giant NBMA > "link" that connects all *TRs. In other words, all *TRs on the > virtual link can reach each other in a single IP hop and can use > neighbor discovery mechanisms such as IPv6 ND. This also paves the > way for new ND mechanisms such as SEND.
How would this scale? We're considering O(10^9) prefixes and rather more xTRs. > This model exactly parallels that which was established in ISATAP > [RFC5214], and has been further developed in RANGER/VET/SEAL. I made > an effort to articulate this back in 2002 in a note titled: "The > Inside-Out ISATAP Model": > > http://www.ops.ietf.org/lists/v6ops/v6ops.2002/msg00657.html > > but we seem to now be coming back around to the same concept. The > main point of this note therefore is to (re)introduce the useful > concept of the Internet DFZ as a giant NBMA "link" that connects > routers the same as for any link. I'll take a look again. Scott _______________________________________________ rrg mailing list [email protected] https://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/rrg
