> > > 1) Based on the assumption that the identifier is not
> > globally unique,
> > > if two hosts using the same identifier initiate
> > communication with a
> > > third host, how could this third host distinguish the different 
> > > sessions from these two hosts?
> > 
> > Please see above.  There is sufficient other information to 
> > distinguish the sessions from each other.  This is 
> discussed in more 
> > depth in other published drafts/documents.
> 
> Then you must make some change to the session. e.g., 
> extending the 5 tuples of TCP session to 6 tuples.

Or maybe you can use a redirection mechanism to avoid this change. e.g.
mapping the combination of source identifier+nonce to a locally unique
identifier which is assigned by the host.

Xiaohu

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