Re: [MEXT] [mif] Multiple interfaces problems in MEXT and mif

[marcelo bagnulo braun <marcelo at it.uc3m.es>]

Scott Brim escribió:
> Excerpts from marcelo bagnulo braun on Thu, Jan 29, 2009 09:09:55PM
> +0100:
>   
> > makes sense to me
> >
> > Marc Blanchet escribió:
> >     
> > > to me, the main difference is that the 'multiple interface' issue
> > > is not bound to mobility, and more specifically to mobility
> > > protocols (mobileIPv4, mobileipv6, nemo, ...).
> > >
> > > Therefore, the MIF work is not scoping about mobility protocols and
> > > shall not require mobility protocols.
> > >
> > > I would see that if some part of the MIF work is looking at the
> > > mobility protocols, then these should be then "transfered" to MEXT.
> > >       
>
> Even without mobility considerations, the issue of how to handle
> multiple interfaces overlaps with IntArea, RRG, and Behave (those are
> the ones I can think of offhand).  Have you seen the arguments, for
> example, about session initialization when multiple addresses can be
> in play simultaneously at both ends?  I apologize but I still don't
> understand the MIF boundaries.
>
>   

I wrote a draft a long time ago about the problems for selecting the 
source address in multiaddressed hosts, not sure if this is related to 
what you asking about...

you can check it at

http://www.watersprings.org/pub/id/draft-bagnulo-6man-rfc3484-update-00.txt


regards, marcelo

> Thanks ... Scott
>
>   

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