The address *is* a valid identifier in the IP architecture.
Er, um, well of an interface maybe. But what you
really want is a host identifier, which is the source
of lots of trouble...
want != have
and keith is trying to focus on the pragmatic reality
Well, the pragmatic reality is to avoid using IP
addresses as substitutes for endpoint
identitifiers. Or maybe that's not pragmatic, but
tough noogies; using IP addresses as endpoint
identifiers is sloppy and generally a bad idea.
so are war and hunger