Re: Architectural approaches to multi6

[Brian E Carpenter <brian@hursley.ibm.com>]

Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Bound, Jim wrote:
> 
> > > 3: remove addresses from all places in the protocol stack above the IP
> > >    layer. If higher layers are unaware of addresses and the addresses
> > >    follow the topology, IP can route around failures by changing
> > >    addresses.
> 
> > Wearing my IP stack product developer hat.  Errrrr maybe in the year
> > 2050 if we start now.  The entire stack on end systems and routing code
> > on embedded systems I have worked with have addresses not only embedded
> > but permeated through all layers.  I see the vision but don't have to be
> > real here?
> 
> Yes, we have to be real at some point but not just yet. First we have to
> determine if 3. has merit.

We've been preaching against exposing addresses above the transport
layer since RFC 1900 (dated 1996) at least. Little has changed in the 
real world.

> 
> And I have reason to believe transition won't be as hard as it may seem
> at first glance.

Not sure I understand that statement.

   Brian