On 08/26/2011 10:20, David Morris wrote: > I don't see this as a routing difficulty since the updated tables would be > highly local to the edge routers which would only need to know about > the more precise route between peers. > > BUT I see enormous issues in terms of providing the capability in a secure > form that can be successfully enabled by the average end user. Also, > this is more than a routing issue since most file sharing involves > an itermediary with both edge devices connecting to a remote server. Not > only do the edge routers need to be configured for secure edge routing, > but the systems need to have applications which would deliver data > directly. I have a related-but-different example of how end nodes being able to know/discover direct paths to one another could be useful. Imagine a busy server network with some web servers over here, some sql servers over there, etc. All of these systems are on the same network, same switch fabric, and have the same gateway address. In an ideal world I would like them to be able to know that they can speak directly to one another without having to go through the gateway (and without my having to manually inject static routes on the hosts, which of course is both painful and un-scale'y. Doug -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/ _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf