I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-shim6-l3shim-00.txt

[Geoff Huston <gih@apnic.net>]

A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
This draft is a work item of the Site Multihoming by IPv6 Intermediation 
Working Group of the IETF.

        Title           : Multihoming L3 Shim Approach
        Author(s)       : E. Nordmark, M. Bagnulo
        Filename        : draft-ietf-shim6-l3shim-00.txt
        Pages           : 30
        Date            : 2005-7-12

   This document specifies a particular approach to IPv6 multihoming.
   The approach is based on using a multihoming shim placed between the
   IP endpoint sublayer and the IP routing sublayer, and, at least
   initially, using routable IP locators as the identifiers visible
   above the shim layer.  The approach does not introduce a ^stack name^
   type of identifier, instead it ensures that all upper layer protocols
   can operate unmodified in a multihomed setting while still seeing a
   stable IPv6 address.

   This document does not specify the mechanism for authenticating and
   authorizing the ^rehoming^ - this is specified in the HBA document.
   Nor does it specify the messages used to establish multihoming state.

   The document does not even specify the packet format used for the
   data packets.  Instead it discusses the issue of receive side
   demultiplexing and the different tradeoffs.  The resolution of this
   issue will affect the packet format for the data packets.

A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-shim6-l3shim-00.txt