3 Oct
2012
3 Oct
'12
11:05 p.m.
On Oct 3, 2012, at 3:59 PM, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
On Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:49:56 -0500, Jimmy Hess said:
(1) Stopped mixing the Host identification and the Network identification into the same bit field;
Where's Noel Chiappa when you need him?
Saying "I told you so" I suspect.
(2) The new protocol will use variable-length address for the Host portion, such as used in the addresses of CLNP, This also was considered during the IPv6 design phase, and the router designers had a collective cow, as it makes ASIC design a whole lot more interesting.
Where are Tony Li, Paul Traina, and the whole TUBA orchestra when you need them? :-) Regards, -drc