IPv6 address RE: combination of location and identity

Hi all,

Here are two drafts that came out. Since the first draft is
proposing using location-based IP addressing, I wonder if this
has any impact upon this working group.

best regards,
John

A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
directories.

        Title : An IPv6 Provider-Independent Global Unicast
Address
                          Format
        Author(s) : T. Hain
        Filename : draft-hain-ipv6-pi-addr-00.txt
        Pages : 11
        Date : 03-Jul-01
        
This document defines an IPv6 Provider-Independent global unicast
address format for use in the Internet. The address format defined
in this document is consistent with the IPv6 Protocol [2] and the
'IPv6 Addressing Architecture' [3]. It is designed to facilitate
scalable Internet routing when sites attach to multiple service
providers, by using a prefix based on a geographic reference to the
site. A natural byproduct of this address allocation mechanism is
that all addresses are fixed allowing sites to change providers at
will without requiring their network to renumber.

A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-hain-ipv6-pi-addr-00.txt

        Title : Application and Use of the IPv6
Provider-Independent
                          Global Unicast Address Format
        Author(s) : T. Hain
        Filename : draft-hain-ipv6-pi-addr-use-00.txt
        Pages : 18
        Date : 03-Jul-01
        
This document discusses the expected use of the address format
discussed in the companion document [2] in the Internet. In addition
to covering implementations where it adds value in managing the
growth of the Internet routing tables, the document will discuss
implementations which should be avoided due to the negative impact
on the routing tables.

A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-hain-ipv6-pi-addr-use-00.txt
Received on Thu Jul 12 05:43:48 2001