RE: (multi6) requirements draft comments

["Michel Py" <michel@arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us>]

>> Christian Huitema wrote:
>> I believe that we will see multiple solutions, and I would
>> categorize these solutions in two large classes: the solutions
>> that require the cooperation of the network service providers,
>> and the solutions that don't. My contention is that a mass market
>> solution should not require any action from the ISP.

>> Craig A. Huegen wrote:
>> While I agree with your sentiment, I believe there are multiple
>> classes that must be considered.  I don't believe that a user
>> should be able to inject global prefixes from a cable modem and
>> a DSL line at home; however, I do believe there's room for global
>> prefixes to be injected by large, multi-national enterprises as
>> end-users.  I ask for caution within this community not to condemn
>> a solution that may be right for the very large end-users because
>> of a fear someone might want to apply it to home networks --
>> they're vastly different beasts.

I fully agree with Christian and Craig here. I have proposed that idea of different classes a while ago on the mailing list (if you look into the archive, the title was "a new spin on multihoming: multihoming classes). It did not seem to trigger much interest at the time.

Michel.