On Wednesday 16 June 2010 at 20:41:10 Ran Atkinson sent:
> Earlier, Toni Stoev wrote:
> > Issue #2, technical: Identity/location separation with locally unique 
> > identifiers
> > 
> > On Sunday 13 June 2010 at 00:30:00 Tony Li sent:
> > > > What happens when a node with a locally
> > > > unique identifier in a subnetwork moves to another subnetwork
> > > > where there is another node with exactly the same (locally
> > > > unique) identifier? How are the two nodes distinguished, and how
> > > > are their ongoing sessions preserved?
> > > 
> > > You are correct, locally unique identifiers will have mobility issues and
> > > hosts should not use their locally unique identifier outside if its scope.
> > 
> > There is no identity/location separation with locally unique identifiers.
> 
> I think we disagree.  
> 
> Even with local-scope Identifier values, the Identifier
> does not name a location && the Locator does not identify
> a node.  So the concepts of identity and location are 
> crisply separated, with clear semantics for each.

Does a locally unique identifier provide unique identity outside of its 
subnetwork?
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