At 17:39 18/12/00, John Collis wrote:
This is true. To do this though really requires some re-architecting
of the current Internet model, based on "first principles".
Yes.
In particular, there is not a sufficient "name space" for what we are
often currently trying to do - hence the "akamai" type of trick.
Yes.
Currently we have a situation where the defined name spaces are
not sufficient for truly identifying the end points of a routed
connection. IP addresses are therefore there for routing
purposes. However a number of situations can now occur so that
the IP address is not sufficient to name all situations. A host
can be multi-homed, partially disconnected or mobile and then
things start getting ugly.
Quite right.
We need to look at this. I believe that we are now already overloading the
useful set of meanings that one can attach
to an IP address (somewhat analogous to the presentation
from Randy Bush at the plenary session on DNS).
IRTF NSRG is looking at this. Research from folks
not involved in the NSRG would also be time well spent, IMHO.
I suspect there are some theses lurking in this area, for those
who might be of an academic bent.
Cheers,
Ran
rja(_at_)inet(_dot_)org