[rrg] Scope Re: Rejecting all but Strategy A

[Scott Brim]

Excerpts from Xu Xiaohu on Mon, Jan 12, 2009 12:20:57PM +0800:
> 
> > > 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. 

This is an interesting point.  Thank you.