On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 4:52 AM, <heinerhum...@aol.com> wrote: > Above all however there is no working strategy to deal with the situation > where ipv4 is not globally unique anymore. Neither LISP nor ILNP have so far > presented a solution. And the RRG has never discussed the theoretical basics > !!! In principle the 4 octet sized ipv4 address must be extended.My > proposal: by two additional leading octets - in mind. This doesn't mean that > they have to be placed directly in front of the 4 octets. Particularly, the > value = 0000H might be equivalent to "the two octets aren't placed anywhere > at all". But other values might be placed somewhere (e.g. being part of the > locator).
Hi Heiner, I think the day for this has past. For better or for worse IPv6 is slowly happening. However, if we were going to extend IPv4 with more bits, here's one strategy: http://bill.herrin.us/network/ipxl.html Regards, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004 _______________________________________________ rrg mailing list rrg@irtf.org http://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/rrg
