Some questions have also risen WRT identity: http://www.potaroo.net/presentations/2006-11-30-whoareyou.pdf Is identity a network level thing or an application level thing? ----- Original Message ---- From: Noel Chiappa <jnc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: ietf@xxxxxxxx Cc: jnc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 7:11:59 AM Subject: Re: The internet architecture > From: Keith Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > while it's true that IP addresses don't have the right semantics, > neither do DNS names. What aspects of DNS semantics makes them inappropriate for this function? If you could specify an 'ideal' endpoint name, what semantics and syntax would it have? (Serious query, in case it wasn't obvious.) Noel _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf