Subject: [RAM] Routing and Addressing

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 07:59:34 EST

Shall addressing support routing ?
Example for minimal support: the internet. Prefix building capability is  the 
only support.Even less: The current way of using non-summarizable  multicast 
addresses.
Example for maximal support: Postal address consisting of name, floor,  
suite, building block,
street+number, city, state, zip, country.
Shall headering support routing ? The answer can only be:yes. And: it is up  
to the headering as to cater for a tight AND/OR loose relationship  between 
routing and addressing.
 
Obviously there are pros and cons for any approach. Easier administrative  
handling should not be the striking argument at all. Instead: Providing  new 
capabilities should be the striking argument.
 
Hence, how shall IP-headering and IP-addressing look like in the  future?
Can we progress to IPv7 ?
 
Heiner Hummel

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