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CNLP had variable-length addresses. I wonder what the world would look like with variable-length addresses.
by cryptonector 4y ago
CNLP had variable-length addresses. I wonder what the world would look like with variable-length addresses.
- p_l 4y agoIt had variable length addressing "up to 20 bytes", which IIRC was done so that it could easily accommodate different addressing systems into one. Unfortunately, variable length fields make for really annoying hardware implementations. TUBA (replacement of IP with CLNP, running TCP and UDP on top) mandated use of max size addresses always, to make it simpler to decode, as part of "Internet Profile CLNP".