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              What's In A Name: Thoughts from the NSRG

   Over the last few years, the use of IP addresses for Internet
   connectivity has changed dramatically.  The Name Space Research
   Group (NSRG) was chartered by the IRTF to review these changes, and
   make recommendations on whether or not remediation within the
   protocol stack is necessary.  This document reports the outcome of
   some of the discussions within the research group.

   One of the questiones addressed by the NSRG is: Does the TCP/IP
   protocol suite need an additional level of naming above layer 3 but
   below the application layer?  There was no consensus on the answer.
   This document reviews the motivation for an additional naming
   mechanism, reviews related work, proposes a straw man "stack name"
   and discusses the structure and use of those names.


Sincerely,

Sandy Ginoza - USC/ISI
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