----- Forwarded message from David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > From: David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: ip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [IP] the undead urban myth of the LOC/EID split > Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:54:17 -0400 > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike O'Dell) > Date: October 29, 2008 8:28:25 PM EDT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: the undead urban myth of the LOC/EID split > > > Dave, > > an indulgence if you would. > > there is a persistent urban myth (which gets repeated here > with some frequency) which states that splitting "network > addresses" into location-dependent and location-independent > components is the secret to life, the universe, and everything. > > i know that myth quite well because once upon a time i subscribed > to it and made a serious proposal to do just that with IPv6. > > But if you want to find out why the myth is wrong and what it > takes to have it work right from first principles, you're going > to have to read a book that will likely take some work: > > "Patterns in Network Architecture: > A Return to Fundamentals" > by John Day > > It contains more than a few deeply profound insights. > Among other things, you'll discover why "global addresses" are > an abberation, and that "NAT" is an absolutely natural technique > to use in structure networks - it's just the introduction of an > arbitrary abstraction encapusulation. In fact, the ugliness of > "NAT" is directly related to how, uh, "unfortunate" the > underlying architecture really is. > > this is indeed a shameless plug for John's remarkable book. > if you really want to know what a clean, deeply elegant > network architecture based on solid fundamentals > can look like, read his book. > > cheers, > -mo > > Full and Fair Disclosure: > I reviewed the text along the way as a work in progress. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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