Oleg, > Hi! On Mon, 12 Jan 2009, Xu Xiaohu wrote: > > >> How about having a two faced DNS for upgraded nodes? HIT > returned if > >> source is from EID space, AAAA if not? > > > > This is a very interesting idea. BTW, if the DNS server is > upgraded, > > we can also define another field for the HIT/host ID value in DNS > > request/reply msgs which can be used between upgraded hosts > and upgraded DNS servers. > > Just in case, this is HIP RR defined in RFC5205 and given > type 55 by IANA. > > And yes, the DNS server / proxy replies with HIT in AAAA > field for legacy applications. The locators can be found in > records for > 5.7.d.1.c.c.8.d.0.6.3.b.a.4.6.2.5.0.5.2.e.4.7.5.e.1.0.0.1.0.0. > 2.hit-to-ip.net > (when HIT is 2001:1e:574e:2505:264a:b360:d8cc:1d75)
Perfect. The ID to locator mapping service can still use the DNS technology just like what ENUM does. By the way, if the HIT can be modified to have some structure, the id to locator mapping system will be more managable and scalable like current DNS. ^_^ Xiaohu. _______________________________________________ rrg mailing list [email protected] http://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/rrg
