On Jul 1, 2009, Louise Burness wrote:
It makes sense in the abstract, but I am still mulling the question
"if
a lot of applications would need something such as a host ID, and the
network does not provide it will we end up with a lot of different
ways
of providing it, and possibly some very nasty ways (like IP addresses
got overused). [...]
Very likely we will. But we may in any case, even if there was a
default means to identify a host.
Applications often have their very specific requirements, which makes it
hard to provide a default that is sufficient for all applications. The
consequence is that applications incorporate their own mechanisms.
- Christian
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