[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: API, was: Question re HIP dependency & some architectural considerations



John,

Quick question on terminology:

A = Application, i.e., API level and inside applications
E = End-point (in the sense that Noel Chiappa and/or NSRG
     use/used the term)

Is the EID capable covering multiple IP addresses / interfaces? For example, if I have device with WLAN & GPRS, which have connections to different ISPs so the interfaces have different addresses, does a single EID cover both IP addresses?

Yes, it is capable of covering multiple IP addresses / interfaces.

I'm asking the above in a termonologic sense, not a technologic
sense, as the technology may still need to be determined.

From http://users.exis.net/~jnc/tech/endpoints.txt:

An "endpoint" is thus defined as one participant of an end-end
communication; i.e. the fundamental agent of end-end communication. It
is the entity which is performing a reliable communication on an
end-end basis.

--Pekka