Re: GSE IDs [Re: IETF multihoming powder: just add IPv6 and stir]

["J. Noel Chiappa" <jnc@ginger.lcs.mit.edu>]

    > From: David Conrad <david.conrad@nominum.com>

    > All the GSE-like solutions discussed to date that I am aware of have
    > assumed the first 48 bits (the locator) are globally unique. ... the
    > last 80 bits may or may not be unique depending on what you want to do.

There's not much point to separating location and identity if the portion of
the name which is the identity is not globally unique *by itself*.

	Noel