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Alia, I assume that this is a change of subject in part to demonstrate that we can in fact have a technical discussion on this list.
J But the question is a reasonable example whether that is the case or not. IMO, two of the biggest drivers for this work in the IETF are location and
identity separation, and converged networking. Just as examples, the work being looked into in NVo3 is one example of
one aspect of the first case (where end-user or server application locations are being separated from specific network entry points or physical servers accessible
using IP addresses, for example) and both PWE3 and L2VPN are two currently
active examples of the second case (where – for instance – Ethernet traffic is to be carried over an IP network). I think the problems these examples are solving are self-evident. That may not be true for other cases. -- Eric From: ietf [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Alia Atlas In the last few years, there seems to be a drive towards overlays and additional packet encapsulations. What problems do you see these as solving? Is there a more focused way to consider the drivers and downsides? Thoughts? Alia On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 5:29 PM, heasley <heas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Sun, Mar 09, 2014 at 11:10:27AM +0000, Dave Crocker: |