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Re: DARPA get's it right this time, takes aim at IT sacred cows

2004-03-13 20:58:45
Thus spake "Scott Michel" <scottm(_at_)cs(_dot_)ucla(_dot_)edu>
If one reads the article with a little more care and not as a manifesto,
DARPA is interested in a protocol suite where static (wired) networks
are a special case. What exists is a network system where the dynamic
(mobile/unwired) network mgmt is grafted onto the static network,
treating the dynamic network as a special case. DARPA wants to
change the way protocols are designed, where the network is primarily
designed for dynamic nodes (and all of the overhead that entails).

This sounds to be heading back into the recurring debate about separating
locators and identifiers...  Too bad it's probably too late to add that into
IPv6.

S

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