Subject: [Int-area] IRON - a new version with new insights

From: "Templin, Fred L" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 16:56:38 -0700

Hello,

As you know, IRON [RFC6179] is a product of the IRTF
Routing Research Group. We have since discussed its
applicability in the Intarea, and I have therefore
decided to create a (bis) version to move beyond the
IRTF research realm and into practical aspects of
interest to the IETF.

See below for an announcement of the (bis). This
version is in many ways a simplification of the RRG
work, and removes aspects that would impede or limit
applicability. The new version observes that the IRON
deployment model parallels the numerous successful
IPv6 tunnelbroker network deployments which today
provide a robust IPv6 service to clients. These
examples therfore provide existence proofs that
key aspects of the IRON approach are feasible.

The IRON Client/Server relationship is in fact a very
close parallel to tunnel broker. However, IRON also
provides a route optimization capability that combines
the best aspects of tunnelbroker and NBMA automatic
tunneling. IRON in fact reaches well beyond the basic
tunnelbroker service model and tackles key features
of interest to Intarea including mobility, multiple
interfaces, traffic engineering, IPv6 addressing, etc.

Again, this is a new IRON with new insights for this
group to consider. In terms of technology maturity
levels, the goal of this effort is to move the needle
beyond "discovery" and to make deep advances into
"practicality". I welcome your comments.

Fred
[email-masked] 

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Subject: I-D Action: draft-templin-ironbis-01.txt

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

	Title           : The Internet Routing Overlay Network (IRON)
	Author(s)       : Fred L. Templin
	Filename        : draft-templin-ironbis-01.txt
	Pages           : 39
	Date            : 2011-08-05

   Since the Internet must continue to support escalating growth due to
   increasing demand, it is clear that current routing architectures and
   operational practices must be updated.  This document proposes an
   Internet Routing Overlay Network (IRON) architecture that supports
   sustainable growth while requiring no changes to end systems and no
   changes to the existing routing system.  IRON further addresses other
   important issues including routing scaling, mobility management,
   multihoming, traffic engineering and NAT traversal.  While business
   considerations are an important determining factor for widespread
   adoption, they are out of scope for this document.

A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-templin-ironbis-01.txt

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

This Internet-Draft can be retrieved at:
ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-templin-ironbis-01.txt
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