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Carl Smith <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:59:25 -0400
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Thanks McTim,

However, DNS is an IP look up system and re-director,  where LISP is a 
programing language.  MS has the major influence in the DNS system.  We 
need a less single source dominated system.  Our hope must come from the 
Open Source mavericks to provide the way.

Lou

On 8/21/2012 11:29 AM, McTim wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Carl Smith <[log in to unmask] 
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>     The DNS problem and reason for confusion is due to limitations
>     imposed during the infancy of development stages of machine
>     inter-connectivity. Basically, IP is insufficient to grant each
>     machine a unique identity. The limited IP addresses are licensed
>     to master networks which in turn are sub-netted to machines which
>     only have a local identity slaved to the master.
>
>     Ultimately, we need a unique ID for each machine which is not
>     slaved or controlled by a master.
>
>
>
> Is this a DNS issue or an ID/Locator problem?
>
>
> If so, LISP may be what you want to look at here, not the DNS.
>
>
> -- 
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A 
> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel



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