On 16-Oct-2005, at 10:27, John Reilly wrote:
On Sat, 2005-10-15 at 22:02 -0700, David Conrad wrote:
I _really_ wish people would stop saying '"unlimited"' or 'almost infinite' when talking about IPv6 address space. It simply isn't true, even in the theoretical sense, and particularly given how address space is being allocated now. It also gives many people the wrong impression: that IPv6 addresses will mean every grain of sand in the Universe (or whatever) can have portable address space.
Am I mistaken in thinking that if shim6 (or something like it) did exist, that portable address space could be allocated to everyone (maybe with a different allocation policy?) to be used as (shim6) identifiers.
Yes, you're mistaken. The locator identifier is chosen from the host's pool of upper-layer identifiers. Many people speculating and asking questions in this thread would do very well to take a quick read through this high-level description: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-shim6-arch-00.txt Note also (as Susan mentioned) the IAB is facilitating a BOF on IPv6 multi-homing in Los Angeles, for those who are planning to attend. Joe