>-----Original Message-----
>From: Scott Brim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 9:56 PM
>To: Templin, Fred L
>Cc: RRG
>Subject: Re: [rrg] The Internet DFZ as a giant NBMA "link"
>
>Excerpts from Templin, Fred L on Sun, Nov 30, 2008 01:49:12PM -0800:
>> I have not seen this widely discussed, but in the map/encaps
>> approaches the Internet DFZ is essentially viewed as a giant NBMA
>> "link" that connects all *TRs. In other words, all *TRs on the
>> virtual link can reach each other in a single IP hop and can use
>> neighbor discovery mechanisms such as IPv6 ND.  This also paves the
>> way for new ND mechanisms such as SEND.
>
>How would this scale?  We're considering O(10^9) prefixes and rather
>more xTRs.

Simply add more xTRs and make sure their RLOCs are
published in the mapping database.

Thanks - Fred
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

>> This model exactly parallels that which was established in ISATAP
>> [RFC5214], and has been further developed in RANGER/VET/SEAL. I made
>> an effort to articulate this back in 2002 in a note titled: "The
>> Inside-Out ISATAP Model":
>>
>> http://www.ops.ietf.org/lists/v6ops/v6ops.2002/msg00657.html
>>
>> but we seem to now be coming back around to the same concept.  The
>> main point of this note therefore is to (re)introduce the useful
>> concept of the Internet DFZ as a giant NBMA "link" that connects
>> routers the same as for any link.
>
>I'll take a look again.
>
>Scott
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