Identifier-Locator Network Protocol
The Identifier/Locator Network Protocol (RFCs) is a network protocol designed to separate the two functions of network addresses, the identification of network endpoints, and assisting routing by separating topological information from node identity. ILNP is backwards-compatible with existing IP, and is incrementally-deployable.
ILNP itself is an architecture with two different instantiations at present. ILNPv4 is ILNP engineered to work as a set of IPv4 extensions, while ILNPv6 is ILNP engineered as a set of IPv6 extensions.
At least 2 independent open-source implementations of ILNPv6 exist. U. St Andrews (Scotland) has a prototype in FreeBSD/x86, while Tsinghua U. (China) has a prototype in Linux/x86.
See also
External links
- http://ilnp.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/
- ILNP Architectural Description (RFC)
- ILNP Engineering Considerations (RFC)
- DNS Resource Records for ILNP (RFC)
- ICMPv6 Locator Update Message (RFC)
- IPv6 Nonce Destination Option (RFC)
- ICMP Locator Update for IPv4 (RFC)
- IPv4 Options for ILNPv4 (RFC)
- ARP Extensions for ILNPv4 (RFC)
- Optional Advanced Deployment Scenarios for ILNP (RFC)
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