Re: Transport level multihoming

[Pekka Nikander <pekka.nikander@nomadiclab.com>]

> >Has a potential policy of 'No global IP multihoming of short prefixes;
> >Leave multihoming to the end nodes' for IPv6 been discussed here?
> 
>         One might consider the use of techniques such as GSE
> (or EIDs or Stack Names) to separate the host's identity
> from its routing goop.  Such an approach would require at least
> changing the way UDP/TCP checksums are calculated (new
> pseudo-header) and probably requires enhancements to some
> directory system (DNS, LDAP, or something else).  Absent an
> engineering spec for a concrete proposal, this approach is
> unlikely to go anyplace.

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-nikander-mobileip-homelessv6-01.txt
proposes one approach going to that direction.  We are working on
an implementation under Linux, and expect have a working prototype
before London.

--Pekka Nikander