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

[David Conrad <david.conrad@nominum.com>]

Brian,

On Wednesday, May 7, 2003, at 02:08  AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> > Or you simply rewrite the first 48 bits when the packet traverses the
> > border into the destination site with the same value the packet had
> > prior to traversing the border of the source site.
> This was not part of any GSE proposal I ever saw,
Different terminology would be helpful.  Of course, this implies my 
messages on this topic have been whistling past people for the last two 
months.

> and it involves stateful
> distribution of mapping information.
Yes.  In one approach, a mapping of a globally unique 48 bit value to a 
set of other globally unique 48 bit values where that distributed 
lookup of that mapping occurs at the source border only.

> A very different beast from GSE,
> and it sets off my stateful=bad alarm.
Your alarm must go off continually today,  as the mapping is more or 
less equivalent to either the DNS or routing tables, depending on your 
point of view.

Rgds,
-drc