Re: Draft of updated WG charter

[vijay gill <vgill@vijaygill.com>]

On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:35:07AM -0500, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>     > From: vijay gill <vgill@vijaygill.com>
> 
>     > We .. eagerly await deployable solutions that can be transparently
>     > rolled out to my desktops.
> 
> TANSTAAFL.
> Multi-homing is done because there's a benefit - more reliability,
> principally. However, you never get a benefit without a cost - and the cost
> is more complexity.

Yes. However, see below.

> 
>     > perhaps need to come out with more compelling arguments
> 
> Funny, I thought we spent the last couple of years doing just that -
> establishing *why* multiple addresses were the only feasible alternative.

I do not believe that this is the sticking point. I will reiterate
however, that whatever solution is proposed, if it is ever to be widely
deployed, the mechanisms to enable it to work must be nearly or at least
around the ball-park of transparency as DNS or congestion control. I.e.
most people aren't even aware of what is happening underneath the deck
so to speak, said he, mixing metaphors.

/vijay