Re: Terminology [Re: Some Comments on ID/Loc Separation Proposals]

[Kurt Erik Lindqvist <kurtis@kurtis.pp.se>]

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On lördag, dec 6, 2003, at 17:26 Europe/Stockholm, Brian E Carpenter 
wrote:

>>    Endpoint
>>
>>            refers to "the fundamental entity of and end-end
>>            communication" [EID]. It is an end-system that participates
>>            in an association. Endpoints are distinguished from
>>            intermediate, infrastructure nodes and from hosts.
>
> Yes. But this is too generic to be really very useful... and trying to
> get more precision always ends in a rat hole.
>

couldn't we split this into a several definitions. Like

	Host  		Describes a physical instance connected to the internet for 
the purpose of a certain task, such as workstation, web-server etc.
				A host can have multiple idenntifiers and locators

	Virtual host	Several logical implementations of "Host" running on one 
or more physical instances.

	Stack 		(see NSRG....)

	Interface		The connection point for a host or virtual host to the 
Internet. This COULD be through a Stack..xxxxxx

	Endpoint		refers to "the fundamental entity of and end-end 
communication" . It is an end-system that participates in an 
association. The associations can be made between one or 				more hosts 
or virtual hosts.

	Identifier	SHOULD provide a unique identity to be used for creating 
associations between Endpoints.

	Association	The exchange or one-way communication between applications 
at layer 4 or higher between XXXX
		.
		.
		.
		.

etc. Idea is to try and create a "onion" of definitions. Just go to the 
right layer. The above is to vague tough...

- - kurtis -
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