Re: Minutes / Notes

[Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>]

Pekka;

> >>The important point is, however, that if the id/loc separation
> >>is done, the source address is not needed by the end-hosts any
> >>more.  It is needed in the very first packet flowing in a direction,
> >>and perhaps in the second one, until the id->loc state is verified
> >>and established, but not after that.
> > 
> > The Internet is connectionless.
> > 
> > TCP is not IP, the Internet Protocol.
> 
> < Id -> locator > mapping / binding / whatever is state.

Huh? State?

IP layer does have certain state such as that for routing table,
which does not make it connection oriented.

Of course, there certainly is state of a connection, which MUST
be located at the transport layer or above, which is why
destination locator MUST be chosen by the transport layer
or above.

The Internet is connectionless.

So is IP.

							Masataka Ohta