Thus spake "Scott Michel" <scottm@xxxxxxxxxxx> > If one reads the article with a little more care and not as a manifesto, > DARPA is interested in a protocol suite where static (wired) networks > are a special case. What exists is a network system where the dynamic > (mobile/unwired) network mgmt is grafted onto the static network, > treating the dynamic network as a special case. DARPA wants to > change the way protocols are designed, where the network is primarily > designed for dynamic nodes (and all of the overhead that entails). This sounds to be heading back into the recurring debate about separating locators and identifiers... Too bad it's probably too late to add that into IPv6. S Stephen Sprunk "Stupid people surround themselves with smart CCIE #3723 people. Smart people surround themselves with K5SSS smart people who disagree with them." --Aaron Sorkin