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Re: Network Edge definition (Re: An alternative to TCP (part 1))

2001-02-28 10:40:04
When we consider applications services there are many logical points
to call the network edge, for just one example see
                draft-erickson-opes-taxonomy-00.txt


At 12:10 PM 2/8/2001 +0100, Harald Alvestrand wrote:
At 09:17 08/02/2001 +0100, 
joaquin(_dot_)riverarodriguez(_at_)telefonica-data(_dot_)com wrote:
Anyway, I agree with Mr Gao that it will be usefull to have a distinguishing
name for the last network element, something like ONE "outest network element"
or END "edge netework device" or any other that may be chosen.

I think the (layer 3) network edge is inside my computer, where the TCP stacks interfaces to the applications. The layer 7 network edge is even further in.

A much mmore interesting edge is the edge of a control area (where the corporate edge meets the ISP edge, or where the corporate network meets my in-house network, for instance).

Very few things change where my drop-cable plugs into my hub.

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Michael W. Condry
Director, Network Edge Technology