Re: What is the current status of geographic location in the IPv6 address?

2003-10-09 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On donderdag, okt 9, 2003, at 19:58 Europe/Amsterdam, Bob Hinden wrote: http://arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us/ipv6mh/metro-addr-slides-jul95.pdf However this was never part of the spec AFAIR. That is correct, it was never part of the IPv6 standards. I too thought it was a nice approach. In that c

RE: What is the current status of geographic location in the IPv6 address?

2003-10-09 Thread Bob Hinden
At 10:39 AM 10/9/2003, Michel Py wrote: > Bill Manning wrote: > I remember them being considered. Steve Deering had > this wonderful idea for metro-addressing. Indeed, in 1995 when he was at parc. Here's a link: http://arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us/ipv6mh/metro-addr-slides-jul95.pdf However this was

RE: What is the current status of geographic location in the IPv6 address?

2003-10-09 Thread Michel Py
> Bill Manning wrote: > I remember them being considered. Steve Deering had > this wonderful idea for metro-addressing. Indeed, in 1995 when he was at parc. Here's a link: http://arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us/ipv6mh/metro-addr-slides-jul95.pdf However this was never part of the spec AFAIR. Michel.

Re: What is the current status of geographic location in the IPv6 address?

2003-10-09 Thread Bill Manning
% > Brian Haberman wrote: % > I do not recall geographic-based addresses ever being a % > part of the IPv6 standards. % % I don't either. I remember them being considered. Steve Deering had this wonderful idea for metro-addressing. % > Tony Hain has an individual ID that discuss

RE: What is the current status of geographic location in the IPv6 address?

2003-10-08 Thread Michel Py
> Brian Haberman wrote: > I do not recall geographic-based addresses ever being a > part of the IPv6 standards. I don't either. > Tony Hain has an individual ID that discusses one > possible approach (draft-hain-ipv6-pi-addr-05.txt). Another approach based on a combination of population and geog

Re: What is the current status of geographic location in the IPv6 address?

2003-10-08 Thread Brian Haberman
Eric, I do not recall geographic-based addresses ever being a part of the IPv6 standards. Tony Hain has an individual ID that discusses one possible approach (draft-hain-ipv6-pi-addr-05.txt). In addition, the geopriv working group is chartered with how geographic location can be securel