> From: Patrick Frejborg <pfrejb...@gmail.com> > Then the edge IP address space is only visible inside the local network > (in LISP that is EID)
Ah, no - LEID's are globally visible, and globally unique. And while I'm here anyway... > The current address model is soon running out of addresses, what then? > When you are there you have to go after the host stack Not necessarily. I suspect the answer is 'more NAT'. Because of the inertia of the IPv4 service interface, with the amazingly huge ball-and-chain of deployed base which speaks it, I think IPv4 addresses will be around for a very long time - even if, inside the network, we move to something else, e.g. between xTRs. In other words, TCP will continue to see IPv4 addresses - even if those are mapped into 'something else' shortly after leaving TCP. Whether the 'something else' is more IPv4 addresses (as with NAT44), or something different, will depend - it will be 'something different' only when that 'something different' has a sufficient economic incentive. Noel _______________________________________________ rrg mailing list rrg@irtf.org http://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/rrg