----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barry Shein" <b...@world.std.com>
> In Singapore in June 2011 I gave a talk at HackerSpaceSG about just > doing away with IP addresses entirely, and DNS. > > Why not just use host names directly as addresses? Bits is bits, FQDNs > are integers because, um, bits is bits. They're even structured so you > can route on the network portion etc. > > Routers themselves could hash them into some more efficient form for > table management but that wouldn't be externally visible. I did > suggest a standard for such hashing just to help with debugging etc > but it'd only be a suggestion or perhaps common display format. And Whacky Weekend begins early. Jim? Jim Fleming? How'd you break into Barry's email account? Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274
