re: [RRG] IEEE EUI-64 as an Identifier format

[Xu Xiaohu <xuxh@huawei.com>]

> You're not supposed to be aggregating the identifier. You're not
> supposed to be using the identifier in a manner where aggregation
> would even be helpful. The Locater is supposed to aggregate with
> topologically nearby Locaters while the identifier doesn't. That's the
> whole point of the split.

Hierarchy in the identifier has its meaning, for example, it will be helpful
in access control since the ACL can be based on identifier-block. On the
contrary, the flat identifier will burden the firewall with a lot of the ACL
configuration tasks.

Xiaohu XU




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