Subject: I-D Action: draft-eckert-intarea-functional-addr-internets-01.txt

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Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2021 14:54:18 -0700

A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.

        Title           : Functional Addressing (FA) for internets with Independent Network Address Spaces (IINAS)
        Authors         : Toerless Eckert
                          Nirmala Shenoy
	Filename        : draft-eckert-intarea-functional-addr-internets-01.txt
	Pages           : 30
	Date            : 2021-10-25

Abstract:
   Recent work has raised interest in exploring network layer addressing
   that is more flexible than fixed-length addressing as used in IPv4
   (32 bit) and IPv6 (128 bit).

   The reasons for the interest include both support for multiple and
   potentially novel address semantics, but also optimizations of
   addressing for existing semantics such as unicast tailored not for
   the global Internet but to better support private networks / limited
   domains.

   This memo explores in the view of the author yet little explored
   reasons for more flexible addresses namely the problems and
   opportunities for Internetworking with Independent Network Address
   Spaces (IINAS).

   To better enable such internetworks, this memo proposes a framework
   for a Functional Addressing model.  This model also intends to
   support several other addressing goals including programmability and
   multiple semantics.

The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-eckert-intarea-functional-addr-internets/

There is also an htmlized version available at:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-eckert-intarea-functional-addr-internets-01

A diff from the previous version is available at:
https://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-eckert-intarea-functional-addr-internets-01

Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at:
ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/