Re: Transport level multihoming

[Ben Black <ben@layer8.net>]

If there is a requirement that multihoming solutions be restricted to
the network layer, I'd appreciate a pointer to the spot in the text so
I can immediately delete it.  Any solution that can be shown to meet
the requirements should be considered.


Ben

On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 09:03:26AM +0859, Masataka Ohta wrote:
> Brian;
> 
> > Regardless of whether transport level multihoming can be
> > achieved (which is a long running debate, and I agree
> > that SCTP makes it a bit more plausible), the operational
> > requirement for IP level multihoming isn't going to go away
> > at least for the next 10 or 15 years, so we have to solve it.
> 
> The operational multihoming requirement of IP level operators is
> for IP level multihoming, of course.
> 
> However, the source of the requirement is subscribers.
> 
> Without subscriber requirement, there is NO operational
> requirement.
> 
> 						Masataka Ohta