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
securely/privately provided for needed services (e.g. emergency response). Regards, Brian EricLKlein wrote: I have missed a little bit of the converstions about this, so forgive me for asking what once was a simple question: What is the current status of geographic location in the IPv6 address? Once it

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

2003-10-08 Thread EricLKlein
I have missed a little bit of the converstions about this, so forgive me for asking what once was a simple question: What is the current status of geographic location in the IPv6 address? Once it was part of the standard, is this still true, and if so how or if not what replaced it. thanks, Eric