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Re: [RRG] Moving forward...




On Jun 19, 2008, at 11:59 AM, Dino Farinacci wrote:

There are at least two dimensions in which the differences between v4 and v6 may make a difference to what sorts of solutions are effective / deployable / definable / ... 1) The fact that the IPv6 header has lots of bits means that there are solutions that do not involve encapsulation or information loss which can be considered with v6 that do not apply to v4. 2) The fact that v6 is still, in practice, in very early stages means that there is more willingness to change the system to make it worth having. And that folks are more willing to look at changes.

This does not mean that I want to ignore IPv4. But it does mean that I think the differences may have an impact on the architectural approach we recommend. And I would hate to see us declare that we will not consider any approach which can not leverage those differences.

Joel, since we are staying at the conceptual level, I think from an architecture point of view we can come up with one architecture for both address families. But I agree with you, at the engineering level there are different ways to achieve the architecture, where mechanisms can be optimized for the specific address-family.

Warning - blatantly personal reaction:

This exchange highlights for me why I simply can't process this distinction between the conceptual level and the engineering level. It's a near continuum in my thought processes...

Back to your regularly-scheduled program.

DaveO.

Dino


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