[e2e] administrative domains and the network layer

[Hans Kruse]

The issue of administrative boundaries has, IMHO, indeed led to some of the 
end-to-end "violations".  However, in my (limited) understanding of IPv6 I 
thought that the provider-based prefixes coupled with proper 
autoconfiguration should solve most of the routing issues as well as the 
renumbering issues.  Multihoming remains a problem.

I am not sure how the autonomous system concept would help the multihoming 
issue, since in that case the "autonomous system" describes the upstream 
provider, which is different for the two paths out of the users network.

--On Monday, June 4, 2001 23:44 -0700 Ben Black <ben at layer8.net> wrote:

> If the autonomous system concept were to be introduced into the
> definition of the network layer, I see the opportunity to truly decouple
> host identity from network topology (this is not the same as trusting the
> host, as I believe issues of trust are well beyond the scope of the
> network layer), which in turn opens the door to far simplified and
> scalable routing architectures (whether they use something akin to GSE,
> NAT, or a completely new approach).
>
> I am interested in whatever opinions you might have on the subject.
>
>
> Ben
>



Hans Kruse, Associate Professor
McClure School of Communication Systems Management, Ohio University
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