[rrg] Scope Re: Rejecting all but Strategy A

[Xu Xiaohu]

> > What HIP gives you is an identifier that may be used for 
> many things.
> > An HI can be, but does not have to be, part of the process of 
> > initially finding a locator for an endpoint. For example, I can go 
> > straight from domain name to locator (which actually might 
> be an agent 
> > / proxy / rendezvous point), and then validate identities 
> via some other means.
> 
> Assuming I deem the DNS trustworthy, it seems much more 
> natural to treat the DNS as the source of an HI, and then for 
> the locator to be looked up as a function of the HI. I'm not 
> saying your model doesn't work, but surely the HI is 
> fundamental and has universal validity, and the locator (any 
> of the locators) is transient and has non-universal scope? So 
> starting with a locator lookup seems funny.

I prefer Brain's opinion since there is no need for each host owns a FQDN
name. Once you tell me your host ID, I can resolve your locator from a
seperate ID/locator mapping system and then communicate with you. 

Xiaohu