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

["Christian Huitema" <huitema@windows.microsoft.com>]

> >> But I think we should revisit this when there is an actual proposal
> >> that adds extra headers to packets because only then we'll be able
to
> >> see how this helps us and how it hurts us.
> 
> > Well, using MIPv6 could be one of such proposals (there are some
issues
> > to solve) but still can be useful to quantify the amount of overhead
> > involved.
> 
> Mobile IP in IPv6 uses a 24 byte header to carry the original source
> address, right?

It does, but it only needs to do so when negotiating a binding update.
The trick is to design a usage model of MIPv6 in which binding updates
are used to redirect a TCP connection (or a UDP flow) to a new address.

-- Christian Huitema