Scaling the Internet routing table with Locator/ID...

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Channel: Google TechTalks · 2007 · Howto & Style

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June 12, 2007

ABSTRACT

This talk introduces a routing protocol approach (Locator/ID Separation Protocol) to solving the scaling problem of the global Internet routing table.
The Problem:
At the October '06 IAB meeting in Amsterdam the highest priority takeaway was the need to devise a scalable routing and addressing system for the Internet. The key points were:
a) Main driving forces behind the rapid growth of the Internet's DFZ (default-free zone) are multihoming, traffic engineering, non-aggregatable address allocations, and business events such as mergers and acquisitions.
b) Moore's Law does not apply to building high-end routers as far as cost is concerned. Low-volume,...

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