Geographic v. topological address allocation [Was: Re: IPv8 < IPv6]

[Paul Ferguson <ferguson () cisco com>]

At 04:35 PM 11/6/97 -0500, Alan Hannan wrote:

>  The lack of correlation is the exception, in my experience, than
>  the rule.

I'm not sure I agree, but that's not really the point.

I believe the point is that we should not assume that
they are one and the same. Topology (or as they say in
IPv6-speak, aggregator, next-level-aggregator, etc.) is
quite critical in maintaining sufficient levels of
aggregation.

- paul