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> Why is it good? It's good because it enables future innovation at the network edge. I don't know what that will look like, but it's better to have too much
by p1mrx 4y ago
> Why is it good?
It's good because it enables future innovation at the network edge. I don't know what that will look like, but it's better to have too much freedom than too little.
> Roaming
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locator/Identifier_Separation_Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locator/Identifier_Separation_... is an interesting solution to the roaming problem, though development seems less active than it once was.
In any case, it's easier to build this sort of technology when you're not fighting for scraps of address space.
- ithkuil 4y agoLISP looks similar to what can be achieved with zero tier or tailscale today: with an overlay network you effectively separate the identity from the location and you can move your physical machine around while maintaining all the connections with the "internal" addresses intact. Does LISP allow you to achieve the same goal but in the open internet?
- p1mrx 4y agoThat's my understanding, yes. LISP would allow any ISP to perform tunnel encap/decap on their own routers, so traffic doesn't need to traverse a third-party network.