> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Christian Vogt > Sent: 09 July 2008 16:08 > To: Lixia Zhang > Cc: rrg > Subject: [RRG] Re: Should the identifier be used as local locator > > > There are really two issues: > > 1/ the need for a unique node ID > > 2/ an engineering judgment call of whether one could borrow MAC > > address > > to serve the above purpose. > > (this is similar to the existing TCP design of borrowing IP > > address as part of TCP's connection ID) > > > > 2/ represents an engineering tradeoff because the borrowing > saves the > > trouble of managing another new ID space. > > Right. In addition, and perhaps more importantly, borrowing > also saves the managing and securing of a mapping between the > lower-layer ID and the upper-layer ID. > > - Christian >
I am not sure I follow this bit - if I am a multi-homed terminal there is not a simple 1-1 mapping Louise > > > -- > to unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > word 'unsubscribe' in a single line as the message text body. > archive: <http://psg.com/lists/rrg/> & ftp://psg.com/pub/lists/rrg > -- to unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe' in a single line as the message text body. archive: <http://psg.com/lists/rrg/> & ftp://psg.com/pub/lists/rrg
