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Re: draft-ietf-ngtrans-ipv4survey-02.txt



> Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@iijlab.net> [Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 10:14:55AM +0900]:

<snip>

>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>%page
>
>32bit IDs
>
>	A lot of protocols use 32bit IDs
>	32bit IDs = management headaches, scalability limitation
>
>	What is the domain of uniqueness?
>		OSPF - within an AS
>		BGP - worldwide uniqueness needed

<snip>

I just thought it was worth mentioning that BGP doesn't require
a worldwide, unique ID.  Indeed, it is my understanding that
even in actual operational deployment, rfc1918 addresses are
often used for BGP IDs.

mrr