[e2e] on the need for more research in core networking

Sally Floyd floyd at icir.org
Mon Jan 20 10:13:18 PST 2003


>But I think we need to encourage as much attention on process/management stuff
>as on technology.
>
>You touch on overlay networks, but both 6bone and multicast represent problems
>as well as solutions in some senses: transition 'away' from overlay to native
>is deeply painful sometimes, and there is a 'third party' issue in the tunnel
>which gets into the whole economic/greatest-good question about the converged
>(or lack of converged) interests in a loose confederation of competing
>parties. 

Yep, I agree.  (The economic and 'third party' questions are key in other 
areas as well, such as QoS...)

- Sally





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